silly question...UPDATED WITH PICTURES ADDED!!!!!

[swordgeek]

If she's anything like my crevecoeur, she'll like living indoors. Mine spent the past 6+ months indoors with us, with a separate cage for sleeping/perching vs. laying. Most of the day, she had the run of the house. Downside: she crapped all over the place, and spouse insisted that she move back outside. Upside: she's been such a fun house pet, and so affectionate! She moved back outdoors a week ago when we got a couple of pullets, but still prefers to spend half the day in the house with us. She didn't seem to mind living in a small space as long as she had freedom to roam most of the day - except days when I had to go to the office. We really miss her in here.

Funniest thing ever: every time the FedEx or pizza guy would ring the bell, the cat and the chicken would both go scampering to the door to greet the person. People are left speechless - especially since the chicken is not exactly a traditional breed. I loved the stunned looks we got.

 

[possumblossum]

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Be very careful when/if you finally bring these chicks together. Your existing flock will think the head plummage is a loose bit of feathers and constantly try to help pick it off. They aren't necessarily attacking, just errantly assisting with grooming. Within a day or two you could easily be treating an infection on Stanettes head.

 

[Tugger1]

Well Stanette is safe and sound in a kennel that I had set up for when I had a rabbit. So she is off the ground and sheltered. She ate like a pig once I put in the chicken food. I will let her get used to us before I try to attempt to do her nails. I will try to wait a month before I put her in with the rest of the flock.

What should I look for sick wise. I fluffed up her feathers to look for bugs and there were none but normally I never see when the chicken "get sick" I just find them dead.

 

[gritsar]

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Sneezing, nasal drainage, raspy sounding breathing, legs that just don't look right. Check around her vent area at night (use a flashlight) for anything that looks like specks of black or red pepper (moving). Lethargy and unusual body posture. That's about all I can think of right now.
I wish you the best of luck with her. She knows that you saved her and will repay your kindness I'm sure.

 

[Tugger1]

Well Stanette has been renamed....she is now "Oprah" thanks to a freind of my husband.

I felt bad having her by herself so I managed to wait 2 weeks. I figured she wasn't sick so we should be good to go.

I took her out to our 10 RIR and 10 buff O's and put her in the copp thinking to myself "come on they are chickens like they would notice" Well she was on the ground 10 seconds before the biggest Roo decided to put her in her place. After a 2 minute tiff Oprah was relegated to a corner of the coop for about 2 minutes then she decided that she could take them on. Every one of the other chickens who walked past her got a bite, they left her alone after that.

Now we just started letting the little buggers out to free range in the am and close up the coop at night when they are smart enough to come back in. Apparently last night Oprah wasn't in there. Hubby says it's because it's not her coop so she doesn't know to come back in. Should I just leave it alone until she figures it out of lock her in it.

On the plus side we are FINALLY doing the Cornish Giants we got Mar 27th this weekend. I can't wait.. 3/4 of them are so fat they can't even walk.

 

[Sillystunt]

Some disease's can take after 2 weeks to have symptoms appear . what's on her feet? is that scaley mites? hard to tell with those pic's


ALWAYS DO 30 DAYS!!!!!!! 2 weeks isn't long enough..........best of luck!

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah, those legs look like she has some scaly leg mites. Tend to your flock first just in case.

 

[kano]

For those legs :Vaseline whith 2 drops of ivermectin.

 

[Tugger1]

That pic was taken the day they found her. Actually a really bad pic as it's caked on mud, they are clean now and I trimmed up her nails so they look WAY better than they were!!!