Guest señoralekson Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hello, I have a situation going on with my birds. I recently adopted a green hen from another teacher at my school. I placed her in the flight cage with my other pair, a male and another hen. Well, this new hen is certainly making it known that she wants to be boss. Every time the bonded pair want to feed each other, preen, tap beaks etc., this little green hen does her best to get in between. THere is no major fighting going on, but I'm not sure if I should take her out or not. I'm afraid that when it comes time for my pair to investigate the nest box, things will get worse. Any advice from some experts! Thanks, Eric Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 6, 2006 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I always remove the troublesome ones when they interfere with a bonded couple. Perhaps a separate cage for the newbie and maybe a friend for the newbie too. Link to comment
budgie_addict 0 Posted November 6, 2006 Member ID: 2,626 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,460 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/08/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 2, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I too would remove the troublesome female. You don't want to risk a situation like I had a few months ago - the jealous female went into the others nest and broke all the eggs! Link to comment
Kevin (funkynugget) 0 Posted November 19, 2006 Member ID: 2,972 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 50 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/11/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2006 I wud consider adopting another male for the new hen and remove them both to bond with eachother. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted November 19, 2006 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2006 that could be a solution but know she could bully him around too and it may not work. You have 4 birds 2 are bonded and the other 2 are females? If you just put them together they would be fine because there is no competition for the male. Link to comment
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