- Mar 22, 2009
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I got this call yesterday from the parent coordinator at my kids' school. She said the secretary's daughter (19 years) had rescued a chicken from a slaughterhouse here in Brooklyn. She brought it to the school, hoping her mom would help her find a home for it.
I'm the "chicken lady" in our neighborhood, so of course they called me. When she said it was a white chicken, my first thought was that it was a CornishX, and I thought, no way. But then she starting saying it was a fluffy and white and little and -- sure enough. It was a silkie. We have five bantams, so I thought she would fit in nicely with our flock.
So we brought her home, and we have her set up in a cage adjoining our coop.
My question is --- how long before we integrate them? Do I need to quarantine her? I am guessing she is around 3 months old, because isn't that around when they slaughter them?
Our hens are about a year old, and look big compared to her! (four brahmas, and one EE).
This part is sad: she doesn't seem to know about scratching. She's pecking at feed, and occasionaly picking up a leaf, but doesn't know what to do other than that.
Also, does anyone speak Japanese? One of my kids wants to name her Lucky, the other kid wants to name her Cloud. They are compromising, and have settled on Lucky Cloud, in Japanese. We just have to find out how to say it.
I'm the "chicken lady" in our neighborhood, so of course they called me. When she said it was a white chicken, my first thought was that it was a CornishX, and I thought, no way. But then she starting saying it was a fluffy and white and little and -- sure enough. It was a silkie. We have five bantams, so I thought she would fit in nicely with our flock.
So we brought her home, and we have her set up in a cage adjoining our coop.
My question is --- how long before we integrate them? Do I need to quarantine her? I am guessing she is around 3 months old, because isn't that around when they slaughter them?
Our hens are about a year old, and look big compared to her! (four brahmas, and one EE).
This part is sad: she doesn't seem to know about scratching. She's pecking at feed, and occasionaly picking up a leaf, but doesn't know what to do other than that.
Also, does anyone speak Japanese? One of my kids wants to name her Lucky, the other kid wants to name her Cloud. They are compromising, and have settled on Lucky Cloud, in Japanese. We just have to find out how to say it.
