Eglu Go With 2m Run For Sale

[jackian]

I have had my girls now for nearly 3 weeks and everything is great,they have asettled down really well. I love them to bits and can stroke them etc but now they are used to me and run after me I find my self being very nervous. I know they are only being friendly but ...help advice please they can run faster than me !

[vickichicky]

oh bless. Don't be scared (easy to say I suppose). If things freak you a bit when they run after you I find it's worse when I run - as it hightens it (for me that is walking the dog in the dark and thinking i can hear a bogeyman.... )

If I run I can't stop and the panic starts. Try stopping and turning to them and stroking them again. Mine always follow me EVERYWHERE in case I have a secret stash of worms or corn about me somewhere!....

Hope you find something in what I'm trying to say. They really are just sweet friendly things that want a treat.

Vicki x

[Mum]

I have had my girls now for nearly 3 weeks and everything is great,they have asettled down really well. I love them to bits and can stroke them etc but now they are used to me and run after me I find my self being very nervous. I know they are only being friendly but ...help advice please they can run faster than me !

Aw bless!!! Think of them as kittens running toward you.

 

Its simply that they recognise you now and get excited to see you. If you stand still, they'll stop, realise you don't have any treats and then they'll simply wander off to munch of some other tidbits in the garden

[gongladosh]

i like being chased by mine!

[migsy]

Mine chase me down the garden when they know I am taking corn to their run in the evening (7 of them). It makes me very nervous because I am at risk of tripping over one! They have no idea how dangerous it is dodging between my feet.

[jackian]

Thank you for your replies, I am sure that this will get better. They have helped .I shall keep you posted.My husband reckons I have spoilt them and they know I am the keeper of treats I chat to them all the time and am amazed at how clever they are .What a great decision in our lives...My daughter reckons they are a child substitute!

[jennym]

If you really don't want them coming to you at all then the best thing to do is to stop the treats altogether, at least for a while. Once they've stopped going into 'assault mode' you could reintroduce treats but only with a certain signal - rattle the treat tin or bring treats out in a special bowl.

 

I only give mine treats by hand very occasionally now, and they've stopped begging for them! But the tin-rattling is useful for when (for example) I want to get them back in the run. Rattle tin -> stand back -> hurl a handful of treats in the run...job done

[tracyann]

I'd have to say they are running after you because they know you feed them, you are the food source and as soon as they see you they know they will probably have some treats. As far as I am concerned hens don't have a viscious streak, only cockrels that are nasty sometimes.

 

Mine fly at the gate and come through the bars and do a sprint down my 750 foot garden when they see me or I call them. Hussaine Bolt has nothing on my hens!!! I love them to bits, they have cuddles every day and I am looking to add to them in the next few weeks.

 

Give yourself time, I was a bit nervous handling mine, especially when they flap their wings, but now they sit on my lap, climb onto my arm and sit on my shoulder. They are big softies with big appetites!!

[billathome65]

It's natural to be nervous of things flapping jumping running around your feet. You've made the first step by admitting it makes you nervous and by addressing the fact that they mean you no harm. Embrace the attention take deep breaths and make a game out of it and you will see how irrational your nervousness is.

 

I have psycho analysis sessions every hour at a really good rate.

 

Bill

[Mum]

It's natural to be nervous of things flapping jumping running around your feet. You've made the first step by admitting it makes you nervous and by addressing the fact that they mean you no harm. Embrace the attention take deep breaths and make a game out of it and you will see how irrational your nervousness is.

 

I have psycho analysis sessions every hour at a really good rate.

 

Bill

 

Dear Bill

 

Please may I book an appointment ...

 

[billathome65]

Mum I hear what you say. How does the thought of sharing make you feel? See no charge with that session please call back

[mart2584]

try to chill out and enjoy them

[chickanne]

Very interesting reverse situation. It's probably the movement/chase thing that you instinctively react to, just like they instinctively bolt from a predator.

 

I suspect the only cure is more time with them. Sit on a low step or stool and just spend time getting to know them. I have become completely obsessed with the tiny details like the minute feathers on their faces around their eyes and ears. Once you have fully bonded with them you'll be fine.

 

In a few weeks time you'll be just like Migsy - more worried about treading on the dafties - as they do tend to get under your feet!!

[jackian]

Thank you every body for your very interesting thoughts and I have started to take note of a few.I love the girls to bits and I like the idea of sitting on a stool with them. I will be trying this out at the weekend ..a deck chair weather permitting

I am beginning to think I have spoilt them in the first few weeks and I have slowed that down a bit and hopefully that will work...How ever did I ever be without them? I am getting better.

[jackian]

An update...I let the girls out for a run in the garden and Poppy jumped on my garden chair and could not get down.The chair wobbled and she was really looking concerned,so I went up to her picked her up and put her on the ground and she toddled off ...Progress!

[chickanne]

In the long run you'll be so pleased you've got ways of attracting and catching them. Chickens always know when you are in a hurry and don't have the time to chase after them! My two like to play up occasionally but they always toe the line if a grape appears...

 

Hope the weather stays fine for you this weekend ..... or you could move the deck chair and girlies into the shed/garage/kitchen...... you'll find yourself doing all sorts of nutty things now.

[debbie9946]

I was the same when I first got my chooks, But now they are like my two dogs, follow me every where and have been know to come into the house and perch behind me snoozing whilst I am doing work on the computer. I love them to bits now and wouldn't change them for the world.