Stray chook has come to live with us

[nzpouter]

looks like a mongrel...

 

[incubatingisfun]

my friend got some new chickens by suprise he just looked out in his coop and suprise 3 new chooks no idea where they came from he had a completly inclosed coop i think someone put them in there still strange though.
very pretty bird you have there i wish chooks would just walk into my yard

 

[Jen71]

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Oh wow! That would be very strange, indeed!
I wonder how the other chickens would handle that? There would certainly be some adjustment of the pecking order, I'm sure.

 

[cheekychick]

I would say that she was dumped here

That is what happens when you live rurally ..... people seem to think we make a good dumping ground for unwanted animals

Luckily she has settled in nicely and there really hasnt been any scraps for the pecking order between her and my other chooks.



I think she has just moulted, and as we are now going into Autumn here in NZ she may only lay for a short period before winter hits? But I am looking forward to seeing what coloured and sized eggs she will produce.

I am rather excited to have this new addition to our brood

 

[cheekychick]

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She had just had a good scrath around in some wet mash just before I took the pic so that could be what is on her leg ... either that or the grass behind her is playing tricks with your eyes

yes, I did give her the once over before I put her in the pen ( my son caught her to put her in the pen)

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Well, if it's not mites, those really are some seriously huge legs. Mash-covered or not, they look very thick. And she does look like she is in the middle of a moult.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

I like the pattern on the feathers. Makes me think of a silver Barnevelder.

We had two roosters that came to stay with us. A lady owned them who lived about a quarter of a mile away. They would make their way around a lake to come visit our chickens....... because we had hens, I would imagine.