Solitary chicken - need advice

[Chickabee]

Probably sounds like a silly question. I should have asked the rescue lady. One of them keeps escaping from the run, so I guess she's jumping/flying. She doesn't go far though, and couldn't get out of my garden

[gavclojak]

Mine were done when I got them, I thought all BHWT hens were clipped before homing. Wish they had done the beaks as I am having a nightmare at the moment!!

[paulad]

not sure if ours were done when we picked them up i will do them next year when their feathers have grown back a bit more.

 

you might as well do them though if u think there is a chance of an escape

[Lavenders_Blue]

I've never found any of my ex batts have been inclined to fly anywhere. However, yours clearly has experienced a taste of freedom and is keen to have more!

I think it depends how bothered you are about the hen escaping and what trouble she is likely to get into. I have a hen that used to keep escaping - she would hop out of the run, FR round the garden for a bit, then hop back in when she had had enough. She used to do this maybe 10 times a day! I didn't mind from the FR point of view, but I was always nervous of accidental dog/chicken interactions (my dog has previous form with killing a couple of our hens ) so in the end we built a secure WIR to stop any hens escaping.

[coco]

I had an ex batt that never flew but would escape by wriggling under the omlet mesh and walking down the road. She always used to come running when I shook the corn pot. None of my other big hens are inclined to fly.

[Chickabee]

I'm not going to bother then. I'm not worried about them escaping to the garden, my dogs are very chook friendly

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