Once again – a fox.Īs for chickens not minding watching members of their flock being killed byĪ farmer, a man once told me how a small flock of chickens he and some I cried, “Alexandra, what happened?” Panic stricken, I Through the door into the house, jumped up on a table, and could not calmĭown. It was springĪnd the kitchen door was open wide. Watched the attack on her friend, and could not recover.Īnother situation arose one morning when I put our brown house hen,Īlexandra, outside with her bantam rooster companion, Josie. Although she herself had not been attacked, she had Her whole body shriveled, and sheĭied a week later. She stopped making a joyful noise, stopped yelling forĪttention, and could hardly walk anymore. ![]() Imposing character, ample physique, and big voice. Her after the famous Broadway singer Ethel Merman on account of her Her friend Bertha, when a fox stole Bertha and left her dead in the woods.īefore this, Ethel Murmur was so vigorous and full-throated that we named Virginia, was in the yard one Saturday afternoon, next to the porch with Is now fully predator-proof.) One of our chickens, Ethel Murmur, aĬornish-cross hen we rescued from a slaughter-bound truck spill in Northern I learned the hard way back in the early days of keeping a few rescuedĬhickens in an unfenced yard. Predators inspire in the birds, including the aftermath of trauma. Witnessed the effect on chickens of a hawk or a fox and the terror these As aĬhicken sanctuary director for more than three decades, I’ve Otherwise traumatized, nothing could be further from the truth. ![]() Lest anyone think chickens don’t mind seeing and hearing otherĬhickens die violently in front of them, or be grabbed by a predator or He questioned theĬredibility of this claim from a person who would do such a thing. HeĪsked because a farmer had told him they don’t. Watching and hearing other chickens being killed in their presence. (This article was first posted April 27 onĪ fellow activist once asked me if I believed chickens don’t mind Do Chickens Mind Seeing Other Chickens Traumatized in Their Presence? A perspective on chickens in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4/month of Mayīy Karen Davis, PhD, President, United Poultry Concerns UPC photo shows hens perching safely in our predator-proof sanctuary.
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