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[LonelyPageTurne]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/g/a/6517490/default/

can anyone tell me if this is a hen, please? I am having difficulty uploading it to the thread here for some reason, so just linked to my album. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Kristi

It looks like one to me. Don't see saddle or hackle feathers and no extensive comb or wattles. Is it a rosecomb?

 

[kitinwest]

It looks like one to me. Don't see saddle or hackle feathers and no extensive comb or wattles. Is it a rosecomb?

Thanks! I don't know if it is a rosecomb. My friend found it in her yard. We aren't sure what to do with it. I have two hens and a rooster, but I just started raising chickens last summer, so I'm still learning. She doesn't really want to turn it over to animal control, so she's asking me what to do with it, and asking if I want to take it. I definitely don't want a rooster.

It does have a leg band, but I don't think that's for identifying the owners....lol

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Thanks!  I don't know if it is a rosecomb. My friend found it in her yard. We aren't sure what to do with it. I have two hens and a rooster, but I just started raising chickens last summer, so I'm still learning. She doesn't really want to turn it over to animal control, so she's asking me what to do with it, and asking if I want to take it. I definitely don't want a rooster.

It does have a leg band, but I don't think that's for identifying the owners....lol

Is she small?


http://www.rosecombs.ca/images/BlackHenValley2010.jpg

 

[SallyinIndiana]

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I would keep it away from your chickens for at least 2 weeks.
I too did not see signs of it being a rooster.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Oh yes sally brings up a great point.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

That is a Rosecomb bantam hen. Is she friendly at all? I would judge by her quality and the fact that she has a legband that she flew the coop, so to speak, so you might want to ask your friend if she knows of anyone in the area with chickens before you take her. I would also suggest you take precautions such as quarantine as Sally suggested, but closer to 4 weeks to be safe.

The unfortunate thing about having such a small flock is that you cannot safely do the 'canary in the mineshaft' method of quarantine where you put one of your birds in quarantine with her. The danger is that she will be an asymptomatic carrier of something and you won't know until you introduce her to your flock. Just be very careful and if you see ANYTHING to be concerned about (sneezing, itching, watery or oozy eyes, etc.), take some time to think about what you're going to do next.

 

[daneblackburn]

Is there a rural king in goshen?

 

[Minminme]

Today my puppy turns 10 yrs old. It's hard to believe that I've had her for 8 yrs now. Even with tearing up several bags of hay through out the house, helping herself to a box of pancake mix, eating my parrots head off, and becoming the gimpy girl she is today from a herniated disc, I wouldn't have it any other way. Hoping for several more years with her!

I pray you get what you hope for! she's a cutie. Ill bet she has personality galore, and a little bit of ornery hiding in those eyes behind that beautiful curly hair! lol

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Snow is broody. I found nine eggs under her tonight. Silkies breed like rabbits.

That's for sure! Marge is sounding like she wants to brood. AGAIN. She's almost a year old and has gone broody about once a month since she started laying 6 months ago. I'd let her brood if she would only promise me a 100% pullet hatch. But at least she's cute even when she's grumping on her nest.

LOL I know spring thru fall I am always buried in eggs. I am starting to freeze up a bunch now so I don't have to bake so much with store eggs this winter. My DD does cakes for people as a side job, we use a lot of eggs. Poor Rangi! I have a lil EE girl that is bottom on the pecking order. I pretty much pick her up every day for extra attention. Sneak a handful of mealies to her too.
Good luck next tuesday!


The hive in my office trailer wall don't ever bother me, I barely notice them. She may be trying to familiarize the hive to her? Not sure either, my best guess.
Oboy, you may not want to watch me then, JK! I sit on a lawn chair and watch the birds sometimes, usually in between trips to coops. I have lap birds come visit, and sometimes just hang out with my geese in their pen lol or sit in the grass with them. My birds are my "fun thing" and gives me a lot of joy and helps me maintain a little (in)sanity ..

Oh, I didn't think of that! We always run out of eggs about November and I've been meaning to freeze some to prevent that for the past few years. Any suggestions as to how to freeze them? I've read to use ice cube trays and then transfer them to zipper baggies when they're frozen, but then my sister (culinary arts student) said you have to add something or the yolks turn green..? I've also read that it kind of ruins their texture so they are only good for baking. Is that true? Also, how long do they last in the freezer?

And I agree on watching birds, but I wasn't sure what the appeal was to watching bees. I could sit for hours watching my girls, too, but then they'd all be poking and prodding and fighting over who got my lap or my shoulder. Silly girls.

Is it possible to stake out and see if there are particular birds that are bothering her?  I tried the crate for a couple and so far have been having good luck in returning them after changing thing up a bit.

I did find out that my sweet Roha was beating up on poor Rangi, but today she seems to have settled down, so I'm torn as to whether I want to separate her or not. I'm going to keep watching and if she starts up again, I guess she'll have some time to herself to think about what she's done. :/ It's just so strange because Roha is such a sweetheart and she used to get along famously with Rangi.

 

[Mother2Hens]

I did find out that my sweet Roha was beating up on poor Rangi, but today she seems to have settled down, so I'm torn as to whether I want to separate her or not. I'm going to keep watching and if she starts up again, I guess she'll have some time to herself to think about what she's done.

It's just so strange because Roha is such a sweetheart and she used to get along famously with Rangi.

pipd ~ That reminds me of Bonbon beating up on Adeline the week before last. It was very unsettling since they were best buddies. The next thing I knew, Bonbon became broody. So, maybe Roha is just hormonal!

Broody Bonbon
This is a rabbit hutch that I bought last summer for a quarantine coop (original CL ad photo). I bought it from a guy on CL for $100 who handmade it out of cedar from his uncle's tree. (He watched Rabbit TV). It's so nicely crafted (for a cage) that I had to have it. After I got it, I cleaned and steamed it, painted some interior parts that weren't cedar, and covered the existing wire windows with hardware cloth. It has two pull out poop trays and the top floor had a cut out section where DH added a chicken ladder that he made (I guess rabbits just hopped to the second floor!) Then, it sat empty for a year, but after CCCHICKENS and Sally's suggestion today to move Broody Bonbon, DH and I cleaned it up and made a door with lock. After dark, I relocated Bonbon and the five hatching eggs to her new private coop that sits a few feet away from the big coop. I figured that if she wants, she can watch and listen to the other chickens, but at least not be bothered with them wanting to lay an egg where she's brooding.