MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

I've talked it over with some close friends who had the great idea of seeking a home for them via the local vet. Maybe the vet will put their photo on Facebook and see if anyone local to me will home them.

 

[MaryJanet]

I thought the pullets and a hatch was already ambitious .
Maybe you can think of something that could work for two or three days, giving you the time to see if you can possibly re-home them or find a more permanent solution ?
Thinking dog crate, tent...that kind of temporary housing ?

I think I'll put them up in the laundry temporarily because it's the most foxproof of my available spaces.

Any other time and it wouldn't be such a problem. But my hands are full right now.

 

[ManueB]

Anything you can do is a good deed for these two girls- flood is a terrible thing.
Depending on how their owners are doing, maybe they could also have some ideas for rehoming ?

 

[MaryJanet]

Anything you can do is a good deed for these two girls- flood is a terrible thing.
Depending on how their owners are doing, maybe they could also have some ideas for rehoming ?

I don't really know them - they're my aunty's friends. But she could ask them. I imagine they're already feeling rather hectic preparing sandbags and moving their valuables to higher ground.

 

[MaryJanet]

They've arrived and I don't think they're RIRs. They're too small and the wrong colour. I think they're little red hybrid laying hens of some description. Probably ISA Browns. Very tame and very sweet.

They're sleeping on a log I brought in to the laundry and there's water and food nearby. Tomorrow I'll get sawdust or straw to cover the concrete floor and give them something to lay eggs in.

If these two hens turn out to be OK with my existing gang I may keep them.

But they'll be living in the laundry for a few weeks and I'll just have to do the best I can with respect to quarantine.

I said to my Aunty, "I'm just putting this on the table: no more hens, ok?" but I'm happy to help these two little ones whose home is going to be flooded very soon.

 

[MaryJanet]

This is the flood that displaced them from their home.

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/flood/murrayriver.shtml

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11...to-be-disconnected-from-electricity/101656968

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

I have a friend who hasn't been home in weeks due to the flooding

 

[Lexicon]

If these two hens turn out to be OK with my existing gang I may keep them.

I wonder what Peggy will think about this turn of events?

She really needs to keep an eye on you!

 

[BY Bob]

She didn't know about the pullets.

These hens have been displaced from their home by rising flood water. They belonged to Aunty's close friends.

I would never have chosen Rhode Island Reds.

Remember, breed personality characteristics are generalizations. All chickens are individuals.

 

[BY Bob]

Omg. I was doing ok with the pullets and the hatch.

Two new hens is more than I bargained for.

This would be overwhelming to me. I would have to do drastic things to quarantine appropriately. Best of luck to you. Remember, the hens did not ask for this to happen and they need help.