MaggieMcHen Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 (edited) I have found a bantam and have no separate housing for it. I can't put her in with my girls - does anyone in the Sevenoaks, Kent area have a spare eglu, wooden housing or similar. I could borrow until my new secure run is ready where I could partition her a space. Thanks in advance Edited September 2, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Sorry I'm not able to help but I'm sure that someone will be able to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hils78 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I wish I found things like bantams - I only find pregnant dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMcHen Posted September 2, 2008 Author Share Posted September 2, 2008 This one is really cute and was wandering around my friends garden, I'm not sure how well it has been cared for. It had large lumps of mud compacted in its feet feathers. I tried soaking it off but didn't want to spend too long with a distressed hen in the sink so I decided in the end to cut the lumps off - her feet were a bit sore underneath but I got most of the mud off so now she should be more comfortable. Her wing feathers aren't clipped. Should I clip them or wait for a day or so and see if she is claimed. I have rigged up my VERY large dog crate with a hemcore base, a perch and a tarpaulin shelter. She was very hungry and thirsty and seemed pleased to be fed! I went out just now and she was perching and 'asleep'. How long do I need to keep her in quarantine away from the other hens and is there any chance of integrating her with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I understand that you should quarantine new hens for at least two weeks. Have you tried freecycle at all for a rabbit hutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Another chicken of fate! Sorry.....I'm too far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 When she feels a bit more settled I would clip wings and give her a louse dusting. Have you thought about where she actually came from? Any other chicken owners near your friends? If you can take her in she would be very lucky but obviously introduce slowly to begin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 I have found a bantam and have no separate housing for it. I can't put her in with my girls - does anyone in the Sevenoaks, Kent area have a spare eglu, wooden housing or similar. I could borrow until my new secure run is ready where I could partition her a space.Thanks in advance Ah, the perfect excuse to get another so that you are introducing 2 !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 sorry meant to quote I went out just now and she was perching and 'asleep'. How long do I need to keep her in quarantine away from the other hens and is there any chance of integrating her with them? The perfect excuse to get another so that you are introducing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMcHen Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 Have posted messages all over near us but we haven't heard any hens apart from another friends and mine in the area and we would have heard this one - now it's looking brighter, cleaner, calm and fed it is a ................cockerel Beautiful but not really what I was wanting. Now not sure what to do. Will probably try a local farm or hen place as it would be a waste to have it dispatched but I really don't want a cockerel, lovely though he is. At least his noise is smaller than a full size one would be . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 What a shame. I wonder if it has been dumped for that very reason. Is there a city farm or animal sanctuary near you who might take him on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 He must have been dumped. What a shame. Lucky he found you in the wilderness Hope you find somewhere for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 If you sign on to www.pekinbantams.com They have a for sale section which you could advertise as free to good home. Don't worry they have ads for all types of poultry, if you add a pic maybe someone could tell you breed etc? It does sound like he's been 'dumped'. So sad really, really lucky he found you though and not a fox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 What a shame! How lucky that he found you. Hope you manage to find him a home, he sounds lovely, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMcHen Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Sorry people. He only escaped the fox for three days. I had no other place to keep him so had him in a VERY large dog crate. if he had stayed on his perch he would have been fine but he came down when two foxes were near and was, I think, hoiked over to the bars with a paw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Oh no! What shame. You gave him a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Oh bless, poor little lad. So sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Oh dear what a huge shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 So sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
