The Quack Shack

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks

 

[Miss Lydia]

Good Sunday Morning!!

 

[Trimurtisan]

Good morning folks

Good Sunday Morning!!

Top of the morning y'all!

 

[Trimurtisan]

Look forward to seeing that little frizzle!

Okay ladies, sorry about the late show of pictures.

So as most of you know, I've got a bad habbit (or so I was told it's bad) of stalking CL for birds. The only source of frizzles I know around here is the breeder I got Flip & flop from, but her birds are expensive ($30 @ > 4 weeks). So I went to CL. I ran a search on "frizzle" and a few came back.

This little lady was the only one under $25, plus she's already laying. I reached out to @Suburbanchickenmom and we made some plans to meet up. I was pleasantly surprised when all the sudden the lil' fluff ball was free! She wanted to be sure the chicken went to a good home, and I passed the test lol.

She does have some damages to her feathers as she was getting picked on by her previous flock. She was the only bantam and the LF girls didn't accept her very well. There is one location on the wing that some skin was broken, but in the grand scheme it's worse visually than it is physically. Most damage is just to the feathers. Someone is getting kitty food treats for the next little while.

She's pretty sweet though she's still a bit unsure about her surrounding. That's okay, she'll fit right in here soon. I kept her in the bathroom last night to give her a quiet place to relax. This morning I introduced the Silkies to her. I was thinking she would be timid, and the Silkies are rather harmless. Well I was wrong... F&F were the ones who were scared lol. That's her box to hide in, not theirs.

Hopefully her feathers start growing back in soon. Like I said it's not bad, but there is a good amount of the flight feathers that have been stripped clean to the quill.

I need a name for her. I'm thinking of naming her Sara in honor of her previous owner. She looks like a Sara to me, what do you folks think?

 

[HuffleClaw]

She's adorable!

 

[HuffleClaw]

Also note-- if I was you I would have quarantined the new bird. The one time I didn't quarantine a newbie... I got stuck with a respiratory infection in the flock. Thankfully it's all good now.

 

[Trimurtisan]

She's adorable!

Thanks!
I've not seen you much recently. How's things been going?

 

[HuffleClaw]

Thanks!
I've not seen you much recently. How's things been going?

Pretty okay. Learning lessons and will absolutely never get birds from my friend again. Quite a few dollars later, my birds are going to be okay. Phew! How've you been?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Also note-- if I was you I would have quarantined the new bird. The one time I didn't quarantine a newbie... I got stuck with a respiratory infection in the flock. Thankfully it's all good now.

Normally I would and do. Right now though I have 2 separate quarantine pins in use, but they both have LF birds in them. I do have another enclosure, but not enough space to actually keep them apart. All the segregated birds are on one side of the property, and if I put the other enclosure with them, they'd literally have to go right next to another enclosure.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Pretty okay. Learning lessons and will absolutely never get birds from my friend again. Quite a few dollars later, my birds are going to be okay. Phew! How've you been?

What happened?! I hope your flock is okay.

I've been doing okay I guess. The family all got sick for about 2 weeks, and now it's my turn. Other than that not much special to report back about.