BABY HAYBALE: 1 WEEK!

[WallyBirdie]

I recently posted bout finding an abandoned egg in an old bale of hay, mid-hatch!

Baby is named Haybale and is now a week old!

Long feathered legs and a bold personality! She has the tiniest hint of tail feathers starting to show!

 

[Lovem all]

omg so cute glad you found her

 

[orloffer]

I remember the other thread. What a cute little chicken! I love the name too.

 

[MGG]

Oh my!!! She looks like an awesome mix. Definitely part Turken. Was she in one of your hay bales or one from someone else? A broody wouldn't have abandoned it there. I wonder if the heat from the bale incubated it? Incredible.

 

[Callender Girl]

Thanks for the update on baby Haybale! She sure is a cutie!!!

 

[WallyBirdie]

Oh my!!! She looks like an awesome mix. Definitely part Turken. Was she in one of your hay bales or one from someone else? A broody wouldn't have abandoned it there. I wonder if the heat from the bale incubated it? Incredible.

There were a total of three eggs found in the bale. 2 were rotten- the bad kind of rotten where you barely touch it and it breaks with that nasty odor and spills green... The third egg had a crack in it. I peeled back a tiny piece of shell and there was a baby in it. I brought it in under a heat lamp and let it finish hatching. No birds were near it. No known mama. And we have cats in the yard, so I couldn't leave it. Little one thinks I'm a papa bird, cries when I'm not in sight.
My neighbors are fairly far apart and they don't have chickens. I have turken roosters- so there is the father. The fact that the baby has feathered legs limits the option on the mama. Only my frizzles and cochin have feathered legs. And my cochin is white with extra toes- my frizzles are brown. I think the brown frizzle is the mom but little Haybale isn't showing any signs of fluffing up.
With a standard sized father and a bantam mother, I can only guess the adult size. Little one is growing fast though!
I suspect you're right about the hay incubating the egg. Crazy phenomenon, but it is a welcomed one.

 

[WallyBirdie]

omg so cute glad you found her

Me too! I love the baby!

 

[WallyBirdie]

I remember the other thread. What a cute little chicken! I love the name too.

Thank you! The little one is such a sweetheart!

 

[lovesfarms]

That is so exciting! Keep us posted!! Best surprise ever!

 

[WallyBirdie]

That is so exciting! Keep us posted!! Best surprise ever!

Thank you! Will try to post an update as she gets a bit older!