The Walden Effect: Farming, simple living, permaculture, and invention.

White Leghorn hen problems

escaping chicken in action

One of our White Leghorn hens has been acting bad by flying over the fence.

Maybe it was the Hawk Attack back in December that turned her into a bad girl?



Anna Hess's books
Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.


I cannot say if it was the hawk attack or not - what I can say is that when I was asking the old timers in this area for recommendations for chickens there was one consistent point: don't get leghorns! you'll get a lot of eggs but they are terrible for flying and about impossible to keep in a pen. They only get worse as they get older. We had some chicks when a 4H child did not pick up their order & it was about true. We eventually gave up and gave them away to any one willing to chase them down from the trees & woods. Ours lasted about 12 weeks before we gave up. No other breed has been that troublesome about staying put.
Comment by Stephanie in AR Sat Jun 28 20:06:23 2014
We always clipped the long feathers on one wing and that unbalanced them enough. Hugs
Comment by Roz Graham Sun Jun 29 11:23:39 2014





profile counter myspace



Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.

Required disclosures:

As an Amazon Associate, I earn a few pennies every time you buy something using one of my affiliate links. Don't worry, though --- I only recommend products I thoroughly stand behind!

Also, this site has Google ads on it. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to a website. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to various sites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting this site.