Ok, so went to pick up the chickens today. I am going to be honest. I try to put on a rough exterior when it comes to my farm animals because obviously we have to remember we have the circle of life deal. Well when I got there it was your typical dairy farm. Right now with all the mud rather than driving to the coop we loaded the cages into the back of her ATV and headed off for the coop. We pulled up to the coop it was actually a nice metal sided building about 10x15 Opened the door and my heart sank! The poor chickens are not allowed to be outside at all they live indoors full time. To make matters worse, all but 4 were missing a significant number of feathers on their backs and vent areas, one was pecked to the point that the wing bone is actually exposed at the joint! So, I asked myself, what are you going to do they all look like S**T! I could hear the farmer saying screw it in my head but the animal lover telling me I couldn't let them stay there like that. SO, we loaded em up and they came home. The lady breeds mini and standard aussies so I think that is part of why they lived indoors. All their combs are lacking color and they are looking pale. I threw together a lean-to type coop for the night in my fenced run since my other birds all free range that way I can keep them separate. They hen with the bad wing was brought to the garage. She has been named Nemo since he had a lucky fin and she now has a "lucky" wing. She has ointment applied to it. We will see how they do in the coming weeks. I did end up with one Barred rock Roo, He may end up being free to someone or maybe soup. We will see. Oh the joys!
Took about 10 shots to get just one decent picture...little booger doesn't sit still lol.
right now she's got a silkie down there with her to keep her company. It's cute because they sleep together 
