Questions about my chicken

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Hi! I have a question about raising a single chicken. The roosters are lost and all I have left is my little hen. She seems so sad and what can I do about her. Should I give her away? Will she get along with strange chickens? I love her dearly and want to do the best thing for her!!!!
 
You could make a pet out of her and let her ramble around outside in a secure pen, and at dusk maybe let her come into the house and get some TLC and treats and then into a dog crate for the night.

You could get her a companion, same age or younger and divide the coop and run with a wire partition so they can see a lot of each other without fighting. When they seem to be ignoring each other you could try letting them out together while you are standing by.

If you rehome her she will be the NEW bird in some other flock and they will probably attack her if the people don't integrate her carefully.

I'm betting she will do a lot better staying with you.
 
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Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan
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I would vote for getting her a friend, and introduce them as Diva says. If you go to the Where am I - Where are You section of the Forum you will find thread(s) for your locality, you may find someone with a hen they can part with. Good luck.
 
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Chickens are very social creatures and need companionship of others of their kind. This time of year the feed stores carry chicks. You could pick up a couple pullets and brood them. I am sure your lone bird would appreciate the new flock in a couple months!

Great to have you aboard and enjoy BYC!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! X4, your girl would probably be happier with a friend or two.
 
Thank you all for your advice and welcomes!!! I got two baby chicks, but she wants nothing to do with them!!! I have been keeping her in her coop in the day due to chicken hawks flying overhead. I bring her into my mud room at dusk, where she spends the night. I am afraid to let her free range by herself. She is not happy about that!!! Anyway, I will take all the help and advice you all have to give me and I thank you again for your replies. Sorry, I work so I am not always on the compute.r
 
It will take them awhile to get used to each other and get to know each other, since she is not broody she doesn't have any instinct to care about chicks right now. When the chicks are big enough to go outside in to the coop, if you can separate the coop and run into two parts and have the hen on one side and the chicks on the other, so they can see and interact with each other but not touch, they will get to know each other and get used to each other. After a couple of weeks, or when the chicks are about her size you can start keeping them together. There is a nice article in the BYC Learning Center about adding chickens of various ages to your flock (after the quarantine part) https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock
 

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