She got away and ran into a mountain after a huge rooster chicken that looks like black copper maran came after her. The area has a stream is thick tropical plants. It is currently cold, but no snow. I'm not sure if I should let her go or keep trying to go and get her. Can wild chickens...
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My pet chicken got out and is now in the wild with wild chickens. What is the survival rate. I've been looking for her. When I call she seems to answer, but won't come? what does this mean?
I also wanted to add that although when I pick her up, I can feel her breast bone. She's heavy. Is this normal? I have a pet Cockatiel, and there is fat around the breast bone. Should chickens be the same? I just want to double check because it's puzzling to me that she eats so much, is...
Well, she may not have a normal life, but her home is here because the zoo won't take her. Only one farm would take her, but she would be used as meat after she's done laying. I didn't want her to be slaughtered. Pet store where I got her was dirty, and she was the smallest one getting pecked...
I have 1 Rhode Island Red cross with Leghorn hen, and she's a pet. She eats like a horse but not gaining weight. She's also laying. Is this normal? She lives in doors. She has no mites, not sick. She's her usual self. Anything to worry about?
Lorraine