A chicken appeared in my yard this morning...

[Sunny Side Up]

What will you do with an unwanted roo?

That's a question I tell every chicken keeper to answer for themselves as early as possible. No matter if you're buying sexed chicks from a top-notch hatchery or hatching chicks yourself, or having young chickens appear magically in your beautiful garden. Have a plan in place, just in case.

And remember that an unwanted roo can be either a male you cannot keep at all, or a male you planned to keep but has become unruly. Don't wait until the bird has a name, a photo album, a Christmas stocking and a wardrobe of outfits for each holiday, and then realize you cannot keep him and don't know what to do next.

But have a Plan B for your unwanted roosters and hope you don't have to use it.

 

[California Ducken]

You can go to the feed store or pet store (ours at least) and get a small poultry waterer and a small food container (it looks similar to the waterer). Also get some chick starter (5 or 10 pounds) get some scratch ( 5 or 10 pounds, it is a mix of grains).
Mainly feed chick starter and add in some scratch.

You can feed her/him some boiled egg or yogurt (plain).
They love fresh corn as a treat, and mine eat it right off the cob!
Also fresh fruit, or veggies as a treat as well. Mine live under my lemon tree and will tear apart my lemons if I don't get to them first! They are obsessed as well as my duck with lemons......No salt for your chickie.
In your photos you can see your chickie has it's baby head down still. It's soo cute.

Good Luck and Congrats. on your "new arrival".

Oh and I'd go with the chicken fairy story, and maby your hubbie might let you keep it because he might think it's therapy to help you overcome your belief in "Chicken Fairies". LOL