Chook cuddling

[Liza]

Just been out and cuddled all my chooks ( all separately ) think I am going soft !

[Glutton4...]

Just been out and cuddled all my chooks ( all separately ) think I am going soft !

Yeah, loads of us do that, yer in good company! Some don't like it, others fall asleep on my lap. Bless.

[Snadger]

Cuddled my Light Sussex cockerel when I moved him today. He's big teddy bear........not like the other vicious Silver Sussex I have!

[bargainhunter]

I cuddle my girls all the time, some like to sit on the sofa for a while, and some like to sunbathe in front of the fire! will try to put some pictures up

[Jeanied]

Bargainhunter - how do you house train your chooks??

[Maddie106]

We are ALL mad!
I really love my girls. My neighbours and their kids like them too and feed them veg peelings/rice/pasta!

Today, Merry (aged 7) asked me if I kept the chooks just for eggs.
I had to answer her honestly and say that whilst I loved the eggs, I find my hens restful to have around. The "bok, bok" of a contended chicken relieves stress and is very calming!

I have 2 who are very sociable and actually seem to LIKE cuddles, plus a renagade "punk" black rock hybrid who is totally flighty! Keep trying with her, but she doesn't like to be touched!

I'm pleased to say that my little grandaughter of 2 years old comes to feed the hens and collect eggs when she comes to see me. ( A bit wary of giving them leaves thro the wire of the run..."Nanna help!")

[Maddie106]

Cuddled my Light Sussex cockerel when I moved him today. He's big teddy bear........not like the other vicious Silver Sussex I have!

I've had several Light Sussex cockerals in the past who have been real pussy cats!

The very worst cockeral I ever had was a Rhodie. My kids named him "Dracula" and declined extra spending money for cleaning out hen houses and collecting eggs.
I had to keep him off with a garden cane when I collected eggs and up turn a dustbin over the s*d to clean out the henhouse!

Strangely, I never had ANY trouble with my geese.
The washing line was in their paddock, so they got used to me going in there.....but god help the gas man when he came to top up the LPG tank!!

[bargainhunter]

Bargainhunter - how do you house train your chooks??

Lots of old sheets and rugs!
They dont seem to come in so much now that they have feathers, oh and lino on kitchen floor.

Spoilt i know

[dexterdoglancashire]

I cuddle all my girls too. Fred who because he was Fred and not Fanny, who now lives with OverWyreGrower, follows Shelley around, likes to know what she is doing and is still very friendly.

[its hilly]

i cuddle mine when I get the time, but if I sit down for a coffee break they all charge over and some of them leap on me Could be the bicis
My Silver Sussex cockeral (called Snadger ) is big softie. If I pick him up, at risk of a hernia, he just sits there with his legs dangling and chunners at me.

[raine]

cuddle my zelda and you'd never play the violin again!

[Snadger]

cuddle my zelda and you'd never play the violin again!

Lol...........