Have you ever rescued a chicken? Post your story here!

[Farmgal101]

I WILL POST A RESCUE STORY TOMORROW

 

[Jacquieh]

Here's my rescue story....
I've never had chickens, or touched one...except the peeps in the feed stores. Lol...this last April I got my first chicken. The drug addict down the road had 6 babies in a glass type stereo case. Remember the Amber tinted glass shelves from the 80's that would house the VCR and stereo system. They were in that! So I took one...it's all I could fit in my jacket pocket! I brought her home with the intention of finding her a good home. Well, i couldn't, and as the days passed, my love for this little critter grew! Lol...I had her in a cage in my bathroom, and would take her out first thing in the morning. She learned to follow me around the house as I did my morning rituals. I have Chihuahuas, and she was Never scared of them. She learned to flip them with her wings and chest bump them so they would stop stealing the treats I would give her! She would come back into my room with me and sit and watch movies. Well, I watched, she preened! Lol....I got a crash course in chickens. And I'm hooked! To be totally honest, I wasn't in a "good" place emotionally, and having Tilly (short for Matilda) has made ALL the difference. I didn't know about 'house children's' or that she would be such a great pet...but she is! In fact cause I raised her with my dogs, she didn't know she was a chicken! Everyone on here told me Tilly needed a friend, so I got her one, but she had been the only chicken for a month. It was interesting to see the difference between them. She wasn't exactly happy to be sharing her mamma, but they are Great friends now. And Tilly has taught Gracie (the new chicken) how to be a house chicken, and Gracie showed her how to FLY! Lol I love my girls so much...I call them my princesses! So that's my rescue story...but I think it was I who was rescued!

This is my Matilda the day i stole her! I think she was about 6 weeks.

This is her today...And those are Her blankets in the background, and that's what she does with them...heeps them in one big pile! Lol

And this is Tilly and Gracie sitting on my lap...Gracie is the EE...

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm new to chickens, but I've read time and time again about if you turn the temp up a degree or two on your incubator you will get Boys, and down will give you girls! If this is "nonsense" why is Everyone swear by it?

Where are you reading it?

It's been disproven multiple times. Let me see if I can find the study. Still, it hangs around as a common myth because that's the case with other species of eggs. All you'll get if you change temperature by a degree is dead or weak chicks.

 

[Jacquieh]

Where are you reading it?

It's been disproven multiple times. Let me see if I can find the study. Still, it hangs around as a common myth because that's the case with other species of eggs. All you'll get if you change temperature by a degree is dead or weak chicks.

I have been reading different articles about chickens, and come across "how to get more girls vrs boys" in several locations. I never read that it will make them weak or kill them. I'm just very confused now. Again, I've only had chickens since 4-15 of this year. I know Very little about chickens...but I keep coming across that statement, from what seemed to be reputable sites. In fact, that site "my pet chicken" has an article about how temperature effects the sex. I even found an article from 1997 about a scientist that did a study.
I have googled it, and read that it isn't possible...but there are just as many that claim it does. So......? I was just wondering why I kept reading it was possible, yet on here was told it was not.

 

[BantyChooks]

I have been reading different articles about chickens, and come across "how to get more girls vrs boys" in several locations. I never read that it will make them weak or kill them. I'm just very confused now. Again, I've only had chickens since 4-15 of this year. I know Very little about chickens...but I keep coming across that statement, from what seemed to be reputable sites. In fact, that site "my pet chicken" has an article about how temperature effects the sex. I even found an article from 1997 about a scientist that did a study.
I have googled it, and read that it isn't possible...but there are just as many that claim it does. So......? I was just wondering why I kept reading it was possible, yet on here was told it was not.

Quite odd. I'm surprised so many sites recommend it. I believe chilling the eggs sometimes results in a SLIGHT skewing towards the female side, but at the expense of a good hatch rate. Supposedly they're a bit harder. But that's about to the extent it goes. Gender is already determined when you place the eggs in thr incubator, so skewing temperature won't change anything.

 

[BantyChooks]

Ask on here---one of them might have the link I'm looking for...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-sunshine-hosts-bantychooks-and-more.1137467/

 

[BantyChooks]

Quoted from MPC's webpage...
Remember, a temperature even one degree off can cause your eggs not to hatch, or it can cause the few chicks that do hatch to be weak and sickly and have other problems. A brief spike or drop in temperature for a few hours is not always problematic, but incubation at the wrong temperature over a long period of time will certainly adversely affect your hatch.

Mind linking me to where they had that other info? Thank you.

 

[Jacquieh]

Quoted from MPC's webpage...
Remember, a temperature even one degree off can cause your eggs not to hatch, or it can cause the few chicks that do hatch to be weak and sickly and have other problems. A brief spike or drop in temperature for a few hours is not always problematic, but incubation at the wrong temperature over a long period of time will certainly adversely affect your hatch.

Mind linking me to where they had that other info? Thank you.

Hmmm...interesting. I didn't read ANYTHING that even hinted that it could hurt your chicks! That's scary. I will look in my history and find the couple articles I read and give you the links....give me a bit to do this...I will get back to you. Cause these people writing these articles need to know the possible issues with messing with the temperature.
Thank you for educating me

 

[Jacquieh]

Here is one....
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...incubate-eggs-that-will-hatch-female-H99.aspx

 

[Junochick]

I wouldn't really call chicky a rescue, one morning I woke up to find a chicken in my backyard. I did post found chicken on our local Facebook no one claimed her. So I don't know how she ended up here. She was really scared and tried to hide. She is now friends with my goat it is so cute watching them both.