Poor Camilla, She’ll Never Be Queen
She’s actually very intelligent, quite sporty and reasonable attractive but poor Camilla…she’ll never be Queen!
SHE'S A LITTLE PRINCESS
I’m talking about my gorgeous 5 month old Light Sussex x Maran chicken of course. My poor little chickedee Camilla, has a hard life at the very bottom of the pecking order of my 5 little hens.
THERE'S THREE OF THEM IN THIS MARRIAGE!
She’s not the smallest or even the youngest of my five chooks, but she get’s a really hard time from the two top chickens, Tatiana and Red (pictured above). They peck her away when there’s food there and give her gip in the coop at night when they’re all settling down to sleep.
DON'T YOU WISH YOUR CHICKENS WERE HOT LIKE MINE!
I always make sure Camilla gets plenty of food and I’d give her cuddles too if she wasn’t so nervous. I had to clip her wings last week but as catching her is a nightmare, I had to lay in wait as they all came out of their coop in the morning, and grabbed her majesty, much to her displeasure.
Hencam.co.uk says It can be upsetting for an owner if they think their chickens are fighting or are unhappy, however sometimes what looks like nasty behaviour can actually be mother nature’s way of keeping the peace. If you think about what it actually means, “pecking order” is a chickens way of ensuring the communal harmony of your flock, and helps prevent constant fights to be “top dog”.
I love that your chooks have such elaborate names!
Thanks so much for commenting on my site. Happy to do a cross link if you like x
Hi Liz, do you like the names!! We have (in chicken pecking order) Red – who is the Queen Bee, top chicken. Then there’s Tatiana, fiesty Beyonce, Rosie and poor old Camilla. I’ve added you to my blogroll now.