Thank you, my new BYC friends, for all your advice.
I have decided that
(A) I will NOT release her into the wild,
(B) I will NOT give her over to someone else, AND
(C) I don't want her to be alone for much longer. SO
(D) I'm going to the feed store today to discuss options and breeds with...
I love my RIRs!
Just be prepared for some noise.
I don't have much (OK, I don't have any!) experience with other breeds, but I'm told RIRs are vocal.
My experience with my 2 hens bears that out.
Even though they are hens, they're still birds and begin clucking (loudly) at first light. Not so...
Aloha!
I had 2 Rhode Island Red hens (Mai Tai and Attila the Hen). Both are ~ 18 months old.
Mai Tai died today (killed, but not sure how :-(
What do I do about Attila?
Chickens seem to be social animals (hence the flock mentality) and they were together since hatching.
Do I look into getting...