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Welcome.
I'm so sorry for your devastating loss. Consider advertising her on your local Craigslist or local Facebook poultry groups. Somebody in your area might be able to give her a new home in an existing flock. Good luck!
 
Sorry to hear of your loss. :hugs
I read your post on the Az thread. Hopefully someone sees it and takes in your hen.
Don't give up on chickens . Learn to provide a secure space for the next group you get. Ask anything you need to know.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and:welcome
 
Hey all thanks for everyone’s support. We have decided against re-homing and are interested in learning:
1) how to improve our coop security
2) the best way to introduce a new chicken or chickens given our situation.

If anyone has resource suggestions please let me know! Really hopeful to get Martha some emotional support. Breaks our heart to see her lonely like that :(
 
hen_needs_a_home said:
Hey all thanks for everyone’s support. We have decided against re-homing and are interested in learning:
1) how to improve our coop security
2) the best way to introduce a new chicken or chickens given our situation.

If anyone has resource suggestions please let me know! Really hopeful to get Martha some emotional support. Breaks our heart to see her lonely like that :(
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We would need pictures of your coop to help give you ideas to improve it.

One thing we're all going to agree on advising you is that you should cover any openings or holes with 1/2" hardware cloth. Anything else, varments can get through it or tear it. It's a little pricey, but we found ours on Amazon in 3' x 100' rolls a few years ago, and the price has gone down since we bought it. If you have or add vents, cover those with that as well. Anywhere there's a hole the size of a nickel, a rat can get through.

Any new chickens you bring to Martha, you'll have to separate from her for at least two weeks to be sure they aren't sneezing, getting watery eyes, or have something else wrong you may not pick up on when buying them. If you get chicks, different story there as they'll have to be separated from her at first. You could try in a few weeks to see, but my bet is she may peck them. Maybe not though so it's worth a shot. Usually, chicks have to grow to be the size of the older ones for integration to go easier. We can mix 1-month to 4-month-olds just fine, but trying to integrate those with older ones doesn't work with all of the older ones.
 

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