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[Alan461]

Thanks for the big welcome people, nice for a newby to get friendly replies

 

[Alan461]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens sorry you lost your other birds they are communal
creatures and need more bird company around

Hi Penny,
Rosemary is old (4yrs) and I didn’t know if new birds would bully her (last autumn) so I moved her in to the house with me. I’d seen a lone hen before looking lost without her flock but I got the feeling Rosemary was happy enough with the situation and after much thought went with this. Might get a few new exbats in the spring and see if she minds being out with them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hi Penny,
Rosemary is old (4yrs) and I didn’t know if new birds would bully her (last autumn) so I moved her in to the house with me. I’d seen a lone hen before looking lost without her flock but I got the feeling Rosemary was happy enough with the situation and after much thought went with this. Might get a few new exbats in the spring and see if she minds being out with them.

The key would be to let them see each other for a week but no touch then supervised visits at least a week as long as squabbles do not draw blood and she will probably stay queen bee

 

[BackyardFarmTMC]

Welcome to the Flock!

 

[Alan461]

The key would be to let them see each other for a week but no touch then supervised visits at least a week as long as squabbles do not draw blood and she will probably stay queen bee

Thanks, I’ll give this a go

 

[CCUK]

Hi Alan! Again! Great to see you here! I have six rescue hens. I've have had a bit of trouble trying to get them to integrate with the rest of my hens. So they are still separate. If you were to get some more I would advise putting them together straight away. The reason is that they are all new hens, new to each other and the environment. So they wouldn't see rosemary as an outsider. And it is unlikely that the rescues will have any contagious illness because of where there from. My rescues never fought amongst them selves only with the other hens!

 

[Teila]

G'Day from down under Alan... Welcome!



Rosemary sounds like she has an awesome chickenality and just my humble opinion, but she sounds reasonably content also.

Thank you for a fun and thoroughly enjoyable to read introduction [Except for the loss part ]

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share more Pictures and Stories of Rosemary, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

 

[drumstick diva]

Some chickens actually prefer being with humans in the house, over being with other chickens. You may want to check out the "People with housechickens." thread

 

[HenniesInMyHeart]

Hi, I’m from England, it’s raining here, has done every day since it quit snowing.
I’ve kept hybrid hens for six years as pets but don’t eat eggs, the neighbours benefit thus.
I have one remaining hen Rosemary who is a rescue/exbat and lives in the house with me for company.
We watch tv or listen to music at night while she tries to steal my Doritos.
She didn’t like Pink Floyd but apart from that is indifferent to music, pecks at the screen when there is food stuff on but doesn’t get worried about lions or scary stuff on screen.
I tinker with classic cars for a hobby, Rosemary isn’t allowed in the garage because of the mess she causes and because she goes underneath stuff and gets filthy.
Profile picture is from one day recently when it was muddy in the garden.

Hi and ! I laughed so much reading this, YAY for adopting an exbat hen! I wanted to do that but haven't been able to find any here. I've chosen to raise chicks from fertile eggs instead. The idea of shipping hatchery chicks just killed me. Anyway, welcome and enjoy the site, it's great here!