Only one chicken left in my flock. What do I do?

[BDutch]

Sorry you lost 2 of your chickens.

I would try to find one hen to keep her compony for the time being*. Preferably about the same size and friendliness.
You don’t need to separate the hens for long if you are sure you bought a healthy hen. Integration of two single hens should be easy if you have 2 feed stations and enough space.

That said. Do make a safe run for at least 2 hens asap. Don’t put them in a small coop without outdoor space where the can go from morning till sunset.

After this you can start to think about a future flock. Do you ever want to free range again? How many chickens do you want in the future? Did you ever consider to add a rooster? Let a broody hen hatch chicks?

*If it takes some time to find a ‘roommate’, keep her company yourself as much as you can. Maybe bring her in (a part of) the house for a while, daily. Where you can easily clean the floor.
Other pets might help too if they can be trusted with your hen.

 

[Joeski510]

Sorry you lost 2 of your chickens.

I would try to find one hen to keep her compony for the time being*. Preferably about the same size and friendliness.
You don’t need to separate the hens for long if you are sure you bought a healthy hen. Integration of two single hens should be easy if you have 2 feed stations and enough space.

That said. Do make a safe run for at least 2 hens asap. Don’t put them in a small coop without outdoor space where the can go from morning till sunset.

After this you can start to think about a future flock. Do you ever want to free range again? How many chickens do you want in the future? Did you ever consider to add a rooster? Let a broody hen hatch chicks?

*If it takes some time to find a ‘roommate’, keep her company yourself as much as you can. Maybe bring her in (a part of) the house for a while, daily. Where you can easily clean the floor.
Other pets might help too if they can be trusted with your hen.

Thanks to all for the responses. We used to have four chickens but one was a rooster so we had to give him away. I will try to spend as much time with her while we make a decision on what to do her.

Thanks again to all for the kind words and advice.

 

[Mrs. K]

Contact your local county extension office asking for 4-H clubs or poultry clubs. Consider posting at the feed store.

Integrating chickens tends to be very hard, when you are adding less to more, young to old. As in adding 2 pre laying pullets to an established flock of eight 4year old hens. That would be rough.

But adding one bird to one bird, if they are both laying, should be a pretty easy add.

Mrs K