Awww! Sweet girl! She was having fun outside in the sunshine and dirt - a good day for her!
As the weather warms, hopefully you may be able to source some started pullets in your area. While craigslist isn't always ideal, keep an eye out on listings. Ask around at your feed store. If they have a community bulletin board, take a look at that and see if anyone has pullets for sale.
Having older birds to introduce her to may be a good idea. If you find any, ask the seller questions - where the birds came from, have they had any illnesses, etc.
Raising your own chicks from the feed store (like from TSC) or through a hatchery, you do lessen the risk of bringing in diseases, so it is something to consider. Depending on how large your coop is, you might think about sectioning off part of it and raise chicks directly in the coop with a brooder plate, this way your Gal can see the chicks as they grow up.
There are so many ways to do this, I'm sure you'll find that right solution that fits your schedule and coop/run set up.
You are welcome! I'm happy to listen if nothing else.
Please keep me posted on how things are going.
As the weather warms, hopefully you may be able to source some started pullets in your area. While craigslist isn't always ideal, keep an eye out on listings. Ask around at your feed store. If they have a community bulletin board, take a look at that and see if anyone has pullets for sale.
Having older birds to introduce her to may be a good idea. If you find any, ask the seller questions - where the birds came from, have they had any illnesses, etc.
Raising your own chicks from the feed store (like from TSC) or through a hatchery, you do lessen the risk of bringing in diseases, so it is something to consider. Depending on how large your coop is, you might think about sectioning off part of it and raise chicks directly in the coop with a brooder plate, this way your Gal can see the chicks as they grow up.
There are so many ways to do this, I'm sure you'll find that right solution that fits your schedule and coop/run set up.
You are welcome! I'm happy to listen if nothing else.
Please keep me posted on how things are going.
). Appetite is back, she does make a... I don't know how to describe it, growl? Almost like a broody sound? Every now and then, out of nowhere. Not sure what it means but it doesn't sound happy! Not sure if she's missing friends or wants to go back to the coop maybe? Other than that she eats, drinks, we go outside after work together, she's content in the area I closed off for her. She sits, pecks the feed, preens, she even jumps on top of her kennel to sleep somewhere high at night. Only thing that concerns me is her growling but I'm working on making their run and coop safe as fast as I can. I've been telling her she's getting sassy lately! 
