Chicken Pecking

[EcclesCake]

One of my chickens has started pecking me, something I wish to stop as it hurts!

Some of the advice is to flick her on the beak or to tap her on the head to show her that I am at the top of the pecking order and she needs to toe the line.

I've been mulling over some alternative therapies though and was wondering if I should get a chicken whisperer in and try a little NLP. I also wondered if a spot of aversion therapy would help, pinning up pictures of chicken pie, chicken casserole, KFC bucket in the run.

What do you think?

[tonyav]

Put a picture of a fox up.

[Retrochic]

Its called Karma.

[tamborine]

Theyre not domestic pets, cage it!

[fiction-factory]

I love Chicken Karma

[EcclesCake]

Factor :-)

I don't follow you Tambo, why cage them?

[tamborine]

I had a cockerel that flew at me, keeping me imprisoned indoors. I shot it from NSEW windows without it dyeing. After a week of being locked indoors the window cleaner arrived, grabbed & drowned it in his bucket. After it being left for dead I plucked it. It was as holey as a sieve & the lead pellets were heavier than him, lol

[shoota]

I prefer Chicken Licken....

[tamborine]

If caged/penned you dont have to search for eggs.

[Mosaic]

I'd get someone to neck it, pluck/clean, cook and enjoy, get another chook.

[tamborine]

My mum had a nasty scar on her eyebrow from a chicken attack. They go for eyes, beware.

[EcclesCake]

Mosaic she wants to be leader of the coop not lead a coup - wringing her neck seems a little harsh under these circumstances!

[tamborine]

This but it wont save your eyes, specs will.

https://youtu.be/YjAibqj8CXM

[Svejk]

Put it in an oven, gas mark 6, for 45 minutes. That'll fix it.

[EcclesCake]

Don't worry Tambo, I'm careful to not let them get within pecking distance of my face it is my feet and hands that hold the appeal at the moment :-(

[mccfluff]

invest in crocs, no self respecting chook will go within 2 feet (ha ha) of them....

[tamborine]

They like red nail polish?

[yogi-bear]

I could ask Foghorn Leghorn to come over, few headbutts, couple of upper-cuts, a plethora of jabs and teach your chicken a thing or two about bullying.

Your idea of tapping or flicking it on the nose everytime it attacks you, seems the best option, Eccles, as she needs to know who's boss.

Barring that, I know a KFC manager locally, and could arrange for it to be given Colonel Sanders 'special recipe finger-lickin' good' treatment. ....... Bwwaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkk! :-)

[EcclesCake]

Ignoring your shocking pun Fluff......it is because corn falls through the holes of my crocs that she pecks at my feet, she's a brave girl!

Yogi, thanks for the offer of your magnificent cock but I don't want him getting his oats after he's dished out the discipline ;-)

[yogi-bear]

LOL :-)

[Peter Pedant]

a dead chicken doesnt peck much ....