Hello from Camano Island, Washington

[BrendaJ]

Hello from Oregon & welcome to BYC - Best of luck on your new flock

 

[spartanchick]

Thanks for the congrats. I saw the Craigslist posting about the Bantam Cochins and sent a reply. Haven't heard anything back with respect to actually checking out the birds. I was a little skeptical to start with because I'd heard that the Cochins can be aggressive, and the last thing I want is for my sweet little Henny to be the pecking post for more hens. What I'd really like are a couple of little Silkie hens, but I haven't been able to find anyone who has them.

In truth, Henny isn't the first bird we've rescued, although she's the first chicken. We rescued a little Senegal Parrot about 19 years ago. She was about 2 years old at the time. She's about 21, now, and still with us. About 9 years ago we rescued a Blue and Gold Macaw who was about 12. And we still have him. Both of our parrots are amazing creatures with very distinct personalities. And that raised our awareness of the intelligence and personality traits of other birds. When some neighbors needed someone to watch their flock of chickens for them when they aren't out here, I was more than happy to do so. That's where I found little Henny. The neighbors were very concerned for her, and I fell in love with her. That's when my husband and I went out and got a chicken coop kit, put it together, and constructed a pen to extend the area--and when our neighbor dubbed me 'bird rescuer'. What we have is a very small arrangement, for now. And though it is just fine for one little hen, we expect to enlarge the pen area as we add at least a couple of others. I was really hoping to find a couple of companion hens for Henny soon so that she wouldn't be alone in the coop during the cold winter. But it's not looking all that hopeful. May have to resort to finding a way to set up some source of warmth for her. In the meantime, I purchased a book on chickens, and have been researching then online.

I found another place on Craigslist that sounds promising if you were still looking for a silkie. They are called Baxter Barn in Fall City, It's a little bit of a drive, about 1.5 hrs but they have Blue Silkie pullet that hatched 6/14. If you go to Craigslist and type in Baxter Barn it will bring them up. Hope this helps!