I can't seem to keep a chicken off my deck!

[Rhodebar Lover]

My Rhodebar, Chocolate has developed a new habit of staring at me through our glass sliding door on our deck until I go outside! I have tried giving her treats when she climbs down, but as soon as go inside she climbs back up! Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution that works?

 

[sourland]

I think that she has you trained. She stares through the glass sliding door, and then you come out and give her a treat. Sounds like a good deal to me. Try squirting her with a Super Soaker water gun instead of giving her a reward.

 

[sjturner79]

My Rhodebar, Chocolate has developed a new habit of staring at me through our glass sliding door on our deck until I go outside! I have tried giving her treats when she climbs down, but as soon as go inside she climbs back up! Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution that works?

How many other birds do you have?
Do you have a roo?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

My Rhodebar, Chocolate has developed a new habit of staring at me through our glass sliding door on our deck until I go outside! I have tried giving her treats when she climbs down, but as soon as go inside she climbs back up! Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution that works?

How many other birds do you have?
Do you have a roo?

I have thirty other chickens, of which two adult roosters and five are young cockerels, which are immature and don't mess with the hens yet.

 

[klyra]

I agree with the supersoaker idea! She has you well trained!! She may as well ring the dinner bell!!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I agree with the supersoaker idea! She has you well trained!! She may as well ring the dinner bell!!

I will try that! Positive reinforcement doesn't work very well

 

[drumstick diva]

You want to break this habit before she teaches the others to line up with her . Have you tried one of those OWL figures the stores sell to keep birds out of their gardens?

Have it stand prominently where she can see it. And/or drape a dark curtain or blanket over the glass doors, so she can't see you at all.

 

[sjturner79]

I have thirty other chickens, of which two adult roosters and five are young cockerels, which are immature and don't mess with the hens yet.

In that case is is just treat attention seeking not something else, so yo need to squirt her or something otherwise the will all be up there all the time.

 

[sourland]

I will try that! Positive reinforcement doesn't work very well

It's working for Chocolate.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I will try that! Positive reinforcement doesn't work very well

It's working for Chocolate. 

It's her favorite training method