Chicken bald back

[Nelmel]

I live in an area with lots of foxes, infact we lost 2 hens 3 weeks after joining the hen club and it was really distressing. Anyway my hens used to live in an eglu with 2m run and got let out every day for at least 1.5hrs to go anywhere. They used to get so hyper and excited when I would let them out that I felt really bad and then built them a 6m x 3m WIR thinking they would love it but now they squawk and cry to be let out of even that! They've gotten really naughty darting out between my legs even. My question is - are they unhappy or just spoilt? I cant build a bigger run and oart of me is thinking are they ever satisfied!!?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Don't feel bad . You're doing what's required to keep them safe. Have you given them lots of stuff to keep them occupied in their run?

[ohcarolina]

Spoilt! Mine do the same - except when they can't see me they relax and dust bathe in the run and just spend their time scratching and chilling.

 

Having (like you) lost hens to foxes when FRing unsupervised) I'd rather have them confined and alive than FRing and fox food

[Luvachicken]

They will soon get used to it.

They know how to wind us up and make us feel guilty.

 

My original girls had the run of the garden to start with but they got fenced in eventually, and although they paced up and down, they did get used to it.

Yours will soon forget the freedom they had