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RE: Mixing flocks
Don't they remind you of dogs? Lee likes to be petted and will run over to me when I go outside and squat down so I can pet her from neck to tail. Then she fluffs out her feathers. Maybe she thinks I am a rooster. In winter we give her some scratch over near the heated water station so for a few days as the weather warmed and we stopped that treat she would run back and forth in front of us like a hunting dog, holding us near the water until she got her treat.
Mine are about the same they like a scratch when they squat down, which is a sign a hen is at laying age, then walk away and fluff up. The four roos I have are very timid and don't like contact but run close whenever they see me outside.
Scratch, I meant , is a mix of cracked grains. We don't use much as it isn't that good for them but they LIKE it.
It consists of wheat, corn, and oats. Now I give her black sunflower seeds or a banana coated in flax seed, bread ends (her fav) or veggie things from the house.
I know you meant scratch grains, mine like being scratched under their feathers. Mine just walk away when you pet them.
oh, sorry. I gently squeeze her neck and then slowly run my hand down her back. Her response is to fluff up and shake.