NY chicken lover!!!!

[ChicoryBlue]

They figured it out and now I have to the two Cornish X birds (one roo and his hen) hanging out under the pallets hiding from the snow Bc they are to lazy to run back in

I am emailing my friend for any updates on his neighbors chickens - because I have secured the loan of some crates for transporting them! So if I can get the chickens to you I will. Will keep you posted. I heard some 4H people were interested but also had transport issues. Like I said before it's unknown what the state of things with these chickens is. Contacting the neighbor is part of the problem now. His landline isn't good anymore and nobody knows his cell.

 

[Amoore117]

I am emailing my friend for any updates on his neighbors chickens - because I have secured the loan of some crates for transporting them! So if I can get the chickens to you I will. Will keep you posted. I heard some 4H people were interested but also had transport issues. Like I said before it's unknown what the state of things with these chickens is. Contacting the neighbor is part of the problem now. His landline isn't good anymore and nobody knows his cell.

Hopefully one of the two plans work out for them poor birds

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hopefully one of the two plans work out for them poor birds

The rooster was there yesterday, and my friend says he saw only two hens today. I am going to go by there with a crate(s) and see what I find out. Is the "conversations" the way to PM each other?

 

[Amoore117]

The rooster was there yesterday, and my friend says he saw only two hens today. I am going to go by there with a crate(s) and see what I find out. Is the "conversations" the way to PM each other?

I believe so? I just sent you a “pm?”

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I believe so? I just sent you a “pm?”

I believe so? I just sent you a “pm?”

Got it, good! Let me know where you are and how to contact you, thanks

 

[Smileybans]

Who else is digging out chickens at 6am?

 

[Amoore117]

Got it, good! Let me know where you are and how to contact you, thanks

How did you make out with the hens?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

How did you make out with the hens?

Well I've got one hen here now, and I am waiting to hear from some people who took part of her flock. Either she will be re-homed with me or someone - you? - or her flock found. So limbo status now. And your situation there?

Story - I went back to that farm to check on the chickens Wednesday, to give them food and water before the storm, and found that they all appeared to be gone. I talked to the owner, he said they had been taken by two groups of people that came at different times, but he thought there were one or two left. So the flock has been split up, which is really unfortunate. They will miss each other!

I did see fresh chicken tracks in the snow, so I spent the rest of the afternoon searching and eventually nabbing one poor lone hen in a woodshed / unheated storage addition to the owner's house that had a hole in the wall access I saw her go into. It helped to have plastic snow fencing still in the car to block two areas in there off, also it was very dark in there, and I learned how to get the flashlight on my cell phone up fast! Still, catching her was very stressful on her, she sounded like she expected to die (she did expect that I'm sure) but she calmed a lot after I had her gently tucked under my arm and her feet firmly held.

I put her in a cat carrier I had with me with food & water hung on the door. Sat with her awhile & talked softly and encouraged her to eat. She eventually ate and drank like crazy - the owner had not been feeding them at all since the flock was taken, but I saw there is a stream that goes through the property. He used to give them some bird seed sometimes (crappy food for chickens but better than nothing) and that's why we saw tracks near his back door, she was checking on any food there.

Then I went back and looked for any more chickens. I didn't find any. I inspected the tracks again, and for the most part it could be that only one chicken made them. Sat again with her before covering the front of the carrier with my coat and driving. I think she fell asleep, as I checked on her halfway home, she looked up at me, but her head had been down and to the side. To not have her all stressed again I left her for the night in the car in our barn/garage with the windows cracked. Now she is inside the house in the chicks' old large brooder, doing well.

The owner gave me a lead on how one of the people who took some of the flock could be found and I've been following up on that. Reuniting with at least some of her flock would be best (if the people are caring). Next best would be somebody, maybe me, keeping her but with one other hen from her former flock for a buddy. Next best would be integration as a lone new hen into an existing flock, again maybe me? I do have room for one more, possibly two more. She is quite a gentle hen, and I am getting attached to her.

 

[Amoore117]

Well I've got one hen here now, and I am waiting to hear from some people who took part of her flock. Either she will be re-homed with me or someone - you? - or her flock found. So limbo status now. And your situation there?

Story - I went back to that farm to check on the chickens Wednesday, to give them food and water before the storm, and found that they all appeared to be gone. I talked to the owner, he said they had been taken by two groups of people that came at different times, but he thought there were one or two left. So the flock has been split up, which is really unfortunate. They will miss each other!

I did see fresh chicken tracks in the snow, so I spent the rest of the afternoon searching and eventually nabbing one poor lone hen in a woodshed / unheated storage addition to the owner's house that had a hole in the wall access I saw her go into. It helped to have plastic snow fencing still in the car to block two areas in there off, also it was very dark in there, and I learned how to get the flashlight on my cell phone up fast! Still, catching her was very stressful on her, she sounded like she expected to die (she did expect that I'm sure) but she calmed a lot after I had her gently tucked under my arm and her feet firmly held.

I put her in a cat carrier I had with me with food & water hung on the door. Sat with her awhile & talked softly and encouraged her to eat. She eventually ate and drank like crazy - the owner had not been feeding them at all since the flock was taken, but I saw there is a stream that goes through the property. He used to give them some bird seed sometimes (crappy food for chickens but better than nothing) and that's why we saw tracks near his back door, she was checking on any food there.

Then I went back and looked for any more chickens. I didn't find any. I inspected the tracks again, and for the most part it could be that only one chicken made them. Sat again with her before covering the front of the carrier with my coat and driving. I think she fell asleep, as I checked on her halfway home, she looked up at me, but her head had been down and to the side. To not have her all stressed again I left her for the night in the car in our barn/garage with the windows cracked. Now she is inside the house in the chicks' old large brooder, doing well.

The owner gave me a lead on how one of the people who took some of the flock could be found and I've been following up on that. Reuniting with at least some of her flock would be best (if the people are caring). Next best would be somebody, maybe me, keeping her but with one other hen from her former flock for a buddy. Next best would be integration as a lone new hen into an existing flock, again maybe me? I do have room for one more, possibly two more. She is quite a gentle hen, and I am getting attached to her.

I definitely would have room for the one or two (up to three really) immediately if you need a hone for her.

We got hammered with snow here so it took me a while to get us dug out. But the chickens are adapting to their snow lives for the next few months

Let me know if you need a home I am still here and can accommodate

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I definitely would have room for the one or two (up to three really) immediately if you need a hone for her.

We got hammered with snow here so it took me a while to get us dug out. But the chickens are adapting to their snow lives for the next few months

Let me know if you need a home I am still here and can accommodate

I will. You are very generous. I am undecided about keeping her, sort of because if the people are good it would be best to get her with her old flock. So I'm trying not to get too invested in thinking I'll keep her! She is sweet, though! We'll see what happens.
We got 29" where we measured it and probably more, my DH finished the driveway just this afternoon. I haven't heard at all from the people who took part of her flock. I've been advised here on BYC to even ask them for one of the taken hens to give back and go with this hen, if they won't take this one additional, because it is easier to integrate hens in twos or threes, so that they have buddies to hang with in the new flock. It's beginning to feel like they have no interest in even one more hen. Or they are flakes about calling, which is not a good sign.