Following is a testimonial from a family who had 3 pet chickens that were attacked by a dog that got in to their yard. One of the chickens didn’t make it and one was severely traumatised by this event. Tina contacted me to see if I could help her little chickens. This is what she has to say:
I am writing to share with you my wonderful experience with Meg following a terrible incident with a stray dog in April 2009.
We had 3 beautiful friendly chooks who were all happily laying eggs and enjoying life until we came home one day and our world was shattered.
My 9 year old daughter saw my favourite red chook lying on the ground. We rushed out and to my dismay found that she was in fact dead. There were no visble wounds on her and it seemed she may have died of fright. Then we discovered my daughter’s favourite chook (our black one) had been severely attacked. All her feathers were literally ripped from her back area leaving some teeth marks on the tail area and in severe trauma. This little chook was normally carried around and cuddled by my daughter. The third chook (the white one) was physically unharmed but a lot more skittish than usual. These chooks were not just any old chooks we had solely for egg-laying, they were our pets.
Meg offered to do some energy work from her home and I readily agreed. Lucky for us Meg could feel how badly the black chook was injured and I was saying how upset we all were.
It’s been a gradual healing process but didn’t take as long as I’d expected. There were several issues including one of aggression that Meg dealt with. My daughter’s black chook kept attacking her and this was quite a shock. A gentle creature who previously loved being cuddled and carried now often attacked my daughter.
Meg tuned in to them and explained to us how they were feeling and that while they knew we loved them they were angry at us for letting the dog-attack happen. After Meg had worked with them each time there was a discernable difference in their behaviour the next day. They were less aggressive until it eventually resolved itself. Meg was also able to tell us when it was OK for my daughter to start picking the black one up for a cuddle.
After a month had passed I felt ready to replace my red chook because we were having no eggs at all so I asked Meg if she could check in with them to see how they felt about having a third companion again. She said they didn’t really care but they just wanted a quiet life so if I did buy another one to make sure it was placid. Which I did. I took great care in selecting a new red chook and brought her home.
As chooks are very territorial I knew a new chook could be a problem but I wasn’t sure how bad it would be so we kept the new one in a cage within the chook pen so they could start to get used to each other.
At first the white chook, who had become the “guardian” of the black one, became extremely aggressive and tried to attack the new one through the bars of her cage all the time. This went on for more than a week.
Again I asked Meg to see if she could help with this new issue, which she did. The very next day after speaking with Meg, I found that there was a distinct reduction in aggression by the white chook and eventually I let the new one out to be part of the group.
Meg also did some work with the new one and encouraged her to be more confident. It all took some time as well as further interventions by Meg but now they are all the best of mates.
Within 2 months of the incident with Meg’s help I am astounded at how quickly the healing process has been in terms of re-growth of feathers, bonding of the new group, as well as laying eggs. In fact, it has been quicker than the previous year when we just had the black chook and she went off laying eggs.
I cannot thank Meg enough for all her help. She picked up from the girls what was happening for them and why they reacted they way they did. Meg was very in tune and spot on when talking about her impressions of the individual girls.
And, all of this was done at a distance!
I can highly recommend Meg to anyone who loves their animals as much as we do. If you have a specific reason for seeking her help like we did, or even if you’re not sure what’s going on but things just aren’t right please be open to what Meg does. I know you’ll be as impressed and happy as we are.
THANK YOU Meg!
Tina Corn
Tingalpa