Jake from Indiana

[Leighe]

my husband makes them for me. Why can't you copy paste?

I'm so tech illiterate I didn't know you could copy and paste an emoji

 

[drumstick diva]

I'm even more tech iilliterate, I've been a member for ages and still can't post photos unless someone does it for me. It's embarassing.

 

[archerj2010]

Welcome, welcome Jake and friends! This site is addicting, lol. So when you bring your new Easter Egger home Jake, if you haven't already read about it, keep it separate from your other hens for preferably 30 days. Coupla things here:
1. Bringing in one bird is hard sometimes, but your saving grace may be that the others are still young.
2. Quarantining birds is a must. There are people on this site that have wiped out their entire flock by bringin a bird in from someone else's place. Doesn't happen every time but if it happens to you it really doesn't matter. The previous owner can be a clean, excellent owner but different bugs, bacteria, exposures to things can be completely different from your place as well as the new bird bein brought in can die from exposure to things on your place it's body hasn't grown up with.

In no way tryin to scare you here. I learned the hard way not to take others chickens when I brought a rooster in that ended up having worms and mites. Ugh....

Truly glad you joined our family and can't wait to see pics of your babies

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I had planned on isolating the new hen for a few days for social reasons, but hadn't really given a ton of thought to the health issue...I appreciate you bringing this up. The reason I was bringing in just the one bird is because he is a successful cattle farmer, and normally keeps 20-40 birds on the property with the cattle at a time - except something whittled him down to one in a couple weeks. He pretty much has the bird in solitary confinement in a cattle stall which yes has kept her safe, but she isn't really living like a chicken would want. He's in the process of trying to get his predator issue under control, but may not be there until next season. We both agreed that his bird deserved a better lease on life.

My plan was to keep her in a Kennel by herself (with proper precautions taken for food, water, hygiene, and the elements of course) , and allow her 'supervised' visits with the chicks in their temporary run for an indeterminate amount of time and then eventually let her sleep in the coop. I may have to stretch this out longer than I thought I would if there is a risk for parasites and such.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to Backyardchickens.com aka BYC!
We are glad you joined our flock.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

 

[Dayrel]

Welcome to BYC from another Hoosier, Jake! Lots of good info and helpful people here.

Please do some searching on BYC about integrating new chickens into an established flock. The "pecking order" is a real thing and new chickens can literally be pecked to death if not done properly.

Are you a member of INGO?

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Jake and welcome to BYC We're so happy you joined us

 

[Leighe]

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He pretty much has the bird in solitary confinement in a cattle stall which yes has kept her safe, but she isn't really living like a chicken would want. He's in the process of trying to get his predator issue under control, but may not be there until next season. We both agreed that his bird deserved a better lease on life.

My plan was to keep her in a Kennel by herself (with proper precautions taken for food, water, hygiene, and the elements of course) , and allow her 'supervised' visits with the chicks in their temporary run for an indeterminate amount of time and then eventually let her sleep in the coop. I may have to stretch this out longer than I thought I would if there is a risk for parasites and such.[/QUOTE]


Great plan! So happy that you and he want to make the chicken's life better and it certainly will be by bein around friends. Just make sure you look her over for mites, parasites, sores, watery eyes.....then when she poops in her kennel check for worms. Over the next week watch her eating and make sure she is acting "normal", active, alert. She may be scared at first so give her a few days (or she may turn out to be so happy to be with others she will be excited to get going). More then likely everything will turn out fine and she will have a happy home and lots of love and friends. You're awesome for taking her.....