andrewandcarly Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 today i received a phone call from a friend saying there was a chicken wandering around near the main road. I wasnt at home so i sent a friend to see. He caught it and brought it to my house. It was near the local newspaper office and they are going to put a piece in the paper next week to see if the owner comes forward. at the moment i have it in my pen separated from my other 6. the problem i have is will it be ok on its own? I cant let it with the others as they are already trying to peck it through the chicken wire. im a bit worried as i have read numerous posts about lonely chickens and how you should get a pair. what should i do for the best? any advice gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Sorry I am too new to give advice but wanted to wish you good luck in either finding her owner or settling her in with your flock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 She will be OK for a little while, and will probably be quite happy knowing your own chooks are there so not completely isolated - just out of pecking range! Hope you find her owner - if not you may be making plans for introductions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 just been out and she is settled in an eglu on her own in the nesting box. she looks content. she ate some sweetcorn earlier and some mixed corn and has been eating the layers pellets. she is much bigger than my other 6 so i guess she is much older. she is currently been nicknamed 'big bertha' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 I hope you get to keep her, if that's what you want. She sounds like she's found a good home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 im sure she will be fine, like snowy said she can probably sense there are other chickens around anyway. Much better she is safe and sound with you than out wandering next to main roads Well done for taking her in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Another chicken of fate. Isn't it uncanny how they always manage to find an Eglu owner. I hope you can keep her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daj198 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 There seem to be chickens running around on the roads up and down the country! They truely are taking over! I wonder if they fall out / fly out of trucks when they are being transported on the way to slaughter or something, not sure if that's possible actually. Best of luck finding the owner or introducing her. Do you know what breed she is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Well done for taking her in. She isn't in your signature....yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 She sounds like a hen who likes to strike out on her own, so she won't be too lonely. Is she the Gingernut type? If so, she may have escaped from a farm, in which case she won't be missed, as they have too many to count. Someone who was afraid of chickens got me to come out into the road to catch a chicken of fate once, but I knew which house it had come from and was able to take it straight back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 What a lucky chook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 been out to her this morning and she has laid an egg. she is a gingernut ranger so i have 5 of them now and 2 leghorns. the egg is smaller than what mine are laying so maybe she isnt as old as i originally thought. if no one claims her she will stay with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Another ginger chicken of fate! She is meant to be with you, so start planning the introducttions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 just an update: no one has been in touch to claim 'big bertha'.....yet! her first egg for us was quite small, yesterdays was much bigger and todays is massive! it is almost twice the size of any others we have had from our 6 we have been letting her out with the others to free range in the evening. apart from margarat and mabel who keep pecking her if she gets close to them the others have not touched her. i put marjorie and maureen who are very laid back in the eglu with her overnight last night and this morning there are no feathers missing etc and all 3 were scratching around the run together very nicely its only been 3 days since she found us and i am tempted to let them all make their own way to bed tonight and see where they all go. they are all out in the garden at the moment so we shall see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 So glad to hear that she has settled in so well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 What a lovely story, I almost don't want her owners to come forward now. How did bed time go? Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 How lovely . I hope you get to keep her . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 What an absolutely brilliant story--hope it continues to be brilliant. Can't imagine a stray hen on my road! Loverly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 i got tired before they did so i put them all to bed. bertha with marjorie and maureen again. this morning i opened the middle door which has divided the run and they are all scratching around together. we shall see.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 That's really encouraging! What happened last night in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewandcarly Posted May 27, 2008 Author Share Posted May 27, 2008 they have all mingled quite happily together today. bertha was on the nest with maureen and both laid an egg each together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 how cute - it was obviously meant to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ's Chooks Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 We have a farm shop near to us, and probably once a week I see a chicken has jumped the fence, seems like they have the whole chicken Run thing going on their. I have to pass it every day on school run, but I can't stop to pick them up OH would kill me! and there are too many!!!! they have hundreds so I guess they never miss them, but I hate thinking some of them probably get squashed.... sad, and i hate it!! I'm always so relieved when i hear that someone has been brave enough to pick them up!! Well done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
