Rescued a chicken

[BigBlueHen53]

Have you named him yet? I have a suggestion ...

 

[black_cat]

Have you named him yet? I have a suggestion ...

Shoot, now I'm dying to hear the suggestion XD

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Some dumped chickens survive, especially ones that were free ranging before they were dumped. And some dumped chickens get really lucky and find a flock of dumped chickens and join them.

Really? Have you encountered this? I would think that, even if they were good at finding their own food, predators would get them at night while they were unprotected.

 

[black_cat]

Really? Have you encountered this? I would think that, even if they were good at finding their own food, predators would get them at night while they were unprotected.

I've heard that they roost in trees? I mean, chickens survived somehow before humans got to them....hmmmmm (starts overthinking this)

 

[21hens-incharge]

Awwwww!!! Looks just like my precious Itty Bitty 11 year old hen.

Note how my hens saddle feathers are rounded at the tips (the ones in front of the tail are called saddle feathers). Males get longer pointed ones.

I think you have a female. I am beyond happy she found someone who cared enough to give her a safe place to be and good food to eat.

Bantam black cochins are my absolute favorite!

She is the smaller bird.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Shoot, now I'm dying to hear the suggestion XD

Mowgli. The kid in Jungle Book who came out of the forest. Just a suggestion.

 

[black_cat]

Mowgli. The kid in Jungle Book who came out of the forest. Just a suggestion.

I'm not in charge of this chicken but that sounds PERFECT

 

[Birdielee]

I've heard that they roost in trees? I mean, chickens survived somehow before humans got to them....hmmmmm (starts overthinking this)

As far as trees, that's all good, but I'm thinking that wild birds as created by Jehovah God... ummm.. do not lay an egg and walk away every day. These birds we appreciate so much have had a LOT of human selection over the years, it appears to me.
Be that as it may, i expect there are at least a couple of feral chicken flocks out there somewhere.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Jungle, not forest. Oops!

 

[Birdielee]

Mowgli, that's cute. I like it.