One of our girls was missing for over two weeks...

[Little Tala Bug]

I am very excited for you. Anything hatched by a legbar is going to be awesome. You get the craziest combination of barring, head tufts, etc.

If possible, we'd love to see some chick pictures!

Absolutely! My phone will be jam packed with chick pics

 

[Jam Lady]

Such a cute story. thanks for sharing.

 

[countryladyNH]

This is a truly heartwarming and happy story! So glad that your lovely hen was not lost forever. Our beloved 4 year old goose passed away a week ago and we have been completely devastated. Hopeful stories like yours are good to hear and make the heart feel a little better. Please do post photos after the hatch.

 

[canne50]

One evening over two weeks ago, one of our girls, Henrietta, vanished into thin air. We searched everywhere for days to no avail, and eventually resigned ourself to preparing for the worst.

Yesterday morning we got a fresh batch of pullets in from a nearby farm and were in the garden settling them in. Our friend who was visiting saw that the dogs were hunting shrews in their usual patch under a big tarp we are using to suppress weeds, and he wanted to see what the fuss was all about.

So he peeled back the tarp, and there was Henrietta!!! Safe and sound, pancaked over a clutch of eggs. We popped a small spare coop over her and gave her some food and water. Our elder cockerel, William, has been standing watch by her coop since we found her. He's such a good boy. I don't know how she even fit under the tarp, let alone managed to survive with no obvious food or water sources for 16 days. We walk across that tarp all the time when we are gardening, so it's a miracle she wasn't injured in all that time.

I'm over the moon that our Henrietta has been found safe... there was a part of me that never stopped hoping she was out there somewhere raising some babies and would come back to us. Today is day 17 since she has been missing so we will hopefully have chicks very soon.

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Good rooster and Henrietta! Go Girl!

 

[Masonjars]

So glad you found her!!

 

[Urb sustain]

thats so cool. We had it happen with an amber link. She got inside an old mobile home and to this day I have no idea how she was coming and going, I just happened to see her through a window one day. Few days later she was out with 3 bitties.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

 

[Little Tala Bug]

Chick pics are here! Out of the original fifteen, eleven survived. We had to help four of them in a makeshift brooder but they are all healthy and strong now. One of those was ready to go with mom yesterday; the rest will hopefully be reunited with her this evening.

 

[RubelliteRose]

What a beautiful group of chicks Congratulations!!

 

[Little Tala Bug]

The reunification of the last 3 brooder chicks went smoothly. Waited until Henrietta had all the chicks out and about in the run, and then we just popped them in amongst their siblings. She didn't bat an eye.

Here's a family photo with all the little ones: