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

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! sorry I don't have anything to add that might help and the others have given some good advice. Good luck with mother hen.

 

[N F C]

Best of luck to the wild hen and her chicks!

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined us.
Best of luck with releasing the hen and chicks .

 

[sourland]

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

 

[Isadora]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! I'm so glad you decided to join our friendly and helpful community

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[GingerRose]

Hey there! Welcome to the BYC community. We are happy you have joined us.

 

[Dr Evy]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined!
Good luck!

 

[aquafin]

@aquafin I would let them out in the morning, so they have all day to find a safe place for the night. Hopefully near water and food. Can you let them go near your home? Or would there be a problem with that?
Welcome from New Orleans.

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.

 

[cmom]

Good luck and have fun...