Keeping Chickens Newsletter

My Reply : Unfortunately they have a group mentality and it is in their nature to have a 'pecking order' where the one at the bottom can sometimes be victimised. They will often go for the smallest and weakest and if one is particularly ill and / or weak they are likely to try to finish it off (one of the least pleasant aspects of chickens). Any blood will in itself attract more attacks, which can be relentless, and so any injured should be kept seperately to give them a chance to heal.

Louis : Although my grandparents homesteaded, I have lived half my life in Vancouver, B.C. It is one of the major Canadian cities that has just "legalized" hens as part of the garden and green movement. So, after thirty years of bringing eggs to work I am now an "overnight" success, and chicken consultant. Somehow, I figured my life was going to come to something like this!