Rehabilitated local wild hen with chicks and need to release her...

[Ursuline Chick]

Thank you for your advise and yes I thought that the morning would be better. The hen and chicks are part of a larger flock that live locally (just across the road in fact) and we feed the flock rice, oats, carrots, corn and bread so they do have food and water. i haven’t seen any other struggling hens in the flock although goshawks play havoc with baby chicks and the hawks are native to the island I believe but it is not nice to see. Nature can be very hard for some species especially when are introduced and then left to fend for themselves.
I spent 3 months over New Orleans way - Morgan City.
thanks again.

I hope you enjoyed yourself while you were here. Depending on what you are interested in, there are lots of interesting things to see and do.
It sounds like the little chicken family has a nice place to live, with great people to look out for them.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! I hope the hen and chicks do well.

 

[aquafin]

I hope you enjoyed yourself while you were here. Depending on what you are interested in, there are lots of interesting things to see and do.
It sounds like the little chicken family has a nice place to live, with great people to look out for them.

I did enjoy N.O. and had a great look around, also enjoyed the Mardi Gra. There were some great musicians jamming in the streets too, also enjoyed a session at the Famous Door on Bourbon Street. On a chicken note, today is release day and it is bucketing down although with the front door open wide mother hen took a look then turned around with chicks in tow and decided to take a nap instead. Hopefully there will be a break in the weather so I can lead her outside

 

[ManueB]

She's not so feral if she prefers a nice dry and cozy home to being outside when it pours .

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[aquafin]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck to the release. Any idea as to why she was in such bad shape?

No idea at all, we found her below our apartment laying on hard gravel with 4 chicks trying to hide under her feathers and she had her third eyelid closed also unresponsive. Made a temp shelter for her and chicks under cover and left her overnight but she was the same the next day so decided to bring her in and only two checks were left. That was 6 days ago and after lots of coaxing with epson salts baths, blow drys, hydralyte syringes and gourmet chicken cuisine she finally gave in and opened her eyes for the first time, then the next day went crazy for food. I wanted to get her back with her flock as soon as was safe which based on her recovery was this morning. She was a little hesitant at first and then once she had made it down stairs it was straight into a dust bath before rejoining the flock. I have been keeping an eye on her and she seems very happy scratching and grazing with her chicks and the flock doesn't seem perturbed at all especially the boss. So the moral of the story is a little kindness can go a long way - it is just a shame that there are not enough people around who share that thought. She is the light speckled one with chicks below which is just under the balcony.

 

[ManueB]

I'm glad she went back safely to her flock and that your intervention allowed her to survive .

So the moral of the story is a little kindness can go a long way - it is just a shame that there are not enough people around who share that thought

I sometimes think that could change the world .

 

[swampfox440]

Hi, welcome to BYC! thanks for joining and a pleasure to meet you. Oh! sorry I got confused and replied twice to the same post.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I have been known to reply twice to welcome someone, as well.