I Name Thee CUCKOO!

[Arztwolf]

Because that is what she is!

One of my Favorelles has lost her little mind. She went broody and "mothered" over thirty eggs till I took the rotting heap away from her and put down new straw in the nesting box, causing her mind to snap like a dry stick.

Now, wide eyed and molting, she runs hither and yon oblivious to the world. She survived one night outside the coop, I had to chase her back to the coop two nights in a row and then, tonight, I look out at 9:30 to see her balding butt waiting outside the coop!

She now lives in the special needs/teenager coop with this Guinea Fowl.

 

[redsoxs]

Great story! Thanks for sharing!!! Hope she and the guinea get along well.

 

[Arztwolf]

Great story! Thanks for sharing!!! Hope she and the guinea get along well.

Your welcome.

The Guinea gets along with everything. He's like a giant keet that hasn't figured out what the pecking order is yet. He now lives with a BO pullet, a BSL pullet, a EE cockerel and a seven week old keet. The keet, named Cookie , follows him around, but otherwise he never interacts with any of them.

Cuckoo is over a year old and I don't think she'll have any issues with his "flock" all of whom are docile and aggressive.