Minnie&Moose Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I moved our new hens to the hen pen today, in their own section, and the leghorn has decided to sleep in a hawthorn tree overhanging the area, rather than going into the eglu with her mates So, I guess I have to be up before sunrise tomorrow, just in case she lands outside the electric fence when she comes down If she makes it OK then she and her mates are all going to have a wing clipped tomorrow. I should have done it before but she hasn't shown any inclination to fly until tonight so I stupidly left it because she's still not happy about being handled - I'm just so cross with myself, I've never not done it before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Oh dear! I guess she's too high up for you to get her down. I have several who prefer to perch but luckily I can reach them and pop them inside each night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Unfortunately she's about 18 feet up and I didn't want to scare her into climbing up any higher because she might end up on the neighbour's side of the hedge that the tree is part of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Is she down yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Darcy survived her little adventure and is now back on terra firma. All 3 newbies are now sporting a clipped wing each so, hopefully, there'll be no repeat performance tonight - not sure I can cope with another sleepless night or 5am start for a while! She did look very settled in her tree last night when I checked her just before I went to bed - she'd tucked herself into a very dense clump of twigs and was fast asleep - she looked quite at home up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Pleased she's ok. I went to put mine to bed one night and one of my old hybrids had been shut out of the coop (wooden one and wind had shut the door) so she had flew over the electric fencing and I eventually found her asleep in a neighbours tree Picture the scene.....me in the dark in purple wellies and pink dressing gown, sneeking across my neighbours lawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'm glad the wellie/dressing gown combo is compulsory poultry fashion. I managed to trip over a paving slab in my outfit at 6 the other morning and had visions of calling to passersbys to come and help pick me up (fortuanately it was just s"Ooops, word censored!"ped hands and lump on the head where the rake fell on me). Glad she's survived and is fine, if a little lighter in the feather department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie&Moose Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Must confess my chicken fettling gear is a bit more subdued than yours fluffy chick - grey dressing gown and blue wellies - think I'm letting the side down a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
