Unlikely she was dumped as the barn is towards the back of a 5 acre property. We're in Georgia, it's been over 90deg for the past month with little to no rain. I'm leaning toward the self hatch also after reading the no turn hatch forum here. My laying hens are mostly Buff Orps, with a couple...
Mystery (I think that's a name gonna stick) is doin well, she's not peckin her mirror too much. Really social, likes being held on chest, close to h'beat I think. No one else has turned up, so I think just raise her big enough inside to intro to flock. Oh and got another good idea locally for...
Home from work. No more peepers. The one I found is doin well (I like the mirror idea). Was kinda hoping more would turn up to keep HER (hopefully, allready have 2 roosters) company.
Hens wouldn't take it. Neighbors don't have poultry. Possible it hatched on it's own? It's been over 90f here for over a month but no one would have been turning it. It's in the house under lights in our chick brooder. Doin fine but I'd imagine lonely, they are flock critters. I'll have to...
So today while I was checking on our chickens and guineas, I found a day or two old chick. No one is broody, no one was setting. It just showed up peeping in barnyard. Anyone encountered this before?