Roobaloo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Just found a little lost red hen wandering round Blunham in Bedfordshire. After wandering round for over an hour to find her home, we've taken her with us and given her some food and water. If anyone knows any hen keepers in the area, please ask them to count beaks...! Otherwise, please suggest what else I can do to find her owner? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Is there a local news agent whose window you could put a card in? Or you could put a card up in the local vet's reception. I know that if I lost a hen these are the two places I'd look (if I couldn't find her out and about). Another thing (but some localities don't like this) might be to put an A4 notice on a lamp post near to where you found her. If you can't find her owner will you be tempted to consider her a 'chicken of fate' and keep her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Would your local radio station make an announcement? Our local radio station has a lost and found pets bulletin every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Is she a boy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Have had a tip of a possible local hen owner so will go knock on their door tomorrow! Failing that, will Call the local vets...and poster the neighbourhood! Love the idea of the lost and found radio bulletin but I've not heard similar here!! 100% confident it's a girl,though I'd guess she might be past her best laying days. So perhaps she was let go...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennydavies Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Oooooh Roobaloo - the possibility of a chicken of fate I would love to find a chicken of fate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 My Dad works in Bedfordshire and quite a few people in his office own chickens, I'll ask him. Any luck so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 She's still with us. Visited a possible chicken owner...but no answer!! OH has agreed to keep her as a chicken of fate if they aren't the owners!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Would your local radio station make an announcement? Our local radio station has a lost and found pets bulletin every day. Yes I often hear that on my way to school, always listen to that station in the car, can't get it at home except on the internet as we are just over the border Never heard a missing chicken or a found one for that matter, lots of dogs, cats, rabbits and a few more unusual pets Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Good on your OH. A chicken of fate is surely not to be resisted! Do let us know if you end up keeping her. Any pictures or am I pushing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Would your local radio station make an announcement? Our local radio station has a lost and found pets bulletin every day. Yes I often hear that on my way to school, always listen to that station in the car, can't get it at home except on the internet as we are just over the border Never heard a missing chicken or a found one for that matter, lots of dogs, cats, rabbits and a few more unusual pets Chrissie Yep, we used it when we lost our tortoise on one of his regular escape missions. We'd absolutely scoured the area and couldn't find him anywhere. As it turned out... he was just hiding under a bush in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 i nearly brought a 'friend' home last friday my route to and from work is country roads and chook at the side of the road narrowly missed by cars racing by. i slowed down and reversed went to grab her, she squatted a car screetched passed and she dived into the bushes (hopefully making her way back home) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickanne Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Do they make larger versions of the ring you put round racing pigeons legs that you could write a phone number on? Should I be pitching to Dragon's Den?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 No one in my Dad's office lives near to you, so no owners there. On the plus side, I would love a chicken of fate - very jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 we found a chicken of fate last year, a little sussex bantam - she was running scared in a country lane near where my then girlfriend (now wife) works. Poor thing was lost and confused - she'd been run over by a car, but amazingly only lost her tail feathers. My girlfriend tried to rescue her to no avail, as did others. "Ooops, word censored!"ody in that area was known to keep hens, so after some door knocking, they had to give up. The hen spent the rest of the day cowering under a bush. After work, my girlfriend had another look, failed to find her and then told me when she got home... 35 mins later we were back out there in the dark, scrambling through gorse bushes. After an hour, we found her shivering in a shrub. After another hour of her trying to escape being caught, we got her, took her home and gave her food and water. Due to all of this, she's now called Houdini... She's got a lovely life now and has us wrapped around her claws. I love my little chicken of fate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 That is a really heart warming story. You certainly deserved a nice chicken after that (and I don't mean for supper) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickichicky Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 we found a chicken of fate last year, a little sussex bantam - she was running scared in a country lane near where my then girlfriend (now wife) works. Poor thing was lost and confused .....She's got a lovely life now and has us wrapped around her claws.I love my little chicken of fate! How cute! Well done. Lets hope this other little lady either finds her home again (if it's a loving one) or becomes a happy chicken of fate to new owners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I want a chicken of fate!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
