What is this chicken thinking?

[chiklee]

Oh let the sunshine in Face is all a glow so let the sunshine In

 

[chiklee]

Second thought

Thanks guys you said it would be beautiful here on earth you were right its so beautiful down here
See you guys in another 1000 years thanks

 

[chiklee]

dog says I am getting out of here
before I get in trouble for this chicken wrong doing.

 

[Henrietta2]

"This is my favorite yoga pose, Downward Facing Chicken."

 

[Henrietta2]

What is Stan thinking?

The other roosters told me if I trimmed my beak it would make my wattles look bigger…

 

[Henrietta2]

What's my DD'S geriatric hamster Mr. T thinking?

"I pity da fool who takes my nut!"

 

[Henrietta2]

Hey everyone I apologize this isn't a funny post but I've posted this on a broody thread and I've received ZERO replies. I'm hoping someone will help:
Help please. I have a broody GLW and I want to give her 2 new chicks tonight. I'm going to shut the rest of my hens out of the coop just for tonight so the mama hen can bond with the new chicks alone. But what about after that? Will she protect them from the other hens at night after that? Will she lead them into the coop at night to sleep? I've never done this before and I need advice. Do I HAVE to keep them separated? I don't have much more room. All I know is to sneak in at night and replace her eggs with the chicks. After that I'm clueless. (There's no rooster) help please?

Well here's the update: just on the day I was going to buy a chick for Mama-wanna-be Trill, who how now been broody THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT, a fledgling scrub jay fell out of the nest into my yard. I kept putting him back in the tree and both parents were feeding and guarding him. But at 11:30 PM I heard him screeching right outside my bedroom window. Parents nowhere to be found. I was worried either a cat would get him or my Fierce Hen would have him for breakfast. So I picked him up, put my other hens out of the coop and took the ramp down, and stuck him in with my broody Trill. He snuggled up to her and she totally ignored him. I said a prayer and shut them up alone for the night. Next morning he was ok, but on the other side of the coop, and the hen hadn't adopted him. I called a wildlife rehab and she said this is what jays do, the parents teach them to fly by bribing them with food and he would learn to fly in about three days. This turned out to be true except at night he kept screeching in the middle of the night so I had to keep putting him back up in the tree. Trill is still uber-broody so tomorrow I'll try to find a new chick for her. Here's a picture of her with her "foster chick".

 

[3goodeggs]

Just keep in mind that chickens are precocious feeders and jays need to be fed. Alpo dog food has the calcium it will need to keep it from getting splay legs. Flutter your fingers over it's head, when it opens it's mouth, drop some canned dog food in there.
Good luck with the jay and the chick adoption.

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Well here's the update: just on the day I was going to buy a chick for Mama-wanna-be Trill, who how now been broody THREE MONTHS STRAIGHT, a fledgling scrub jay fell out of the nest into my yard. I kept putting him back in the tree and both parents were feeding and guarding him. But at 11:30 PM I heard him screeching right outside my bedroom window. Parents nowhere to be found. I was worried either a cat would get him or my Fierce Hen would have him for breakfast. So I picked him up, put my other hens out of the coop and took the ramp down, and stuck him in with my broody Trill. He snuggled up to her and she totally ignored him. I said a prayer and shut them up alone for the night. Next morning he was ok, but on the other side of the coop, and the hen hadn't adopted him. I called a wildlife rehab and she said this is what jays do, the parents teach them to fly by bribing them with food and he would learn to fly in about three days. This turned out to be true except at night he kept screeching in the middle of the night so I had to keep putting him back up in the tree. Trill is still uber-broody so tomorrow I'll try to find a new chick for her. Here's a picture of her with her "foster chick".

Too bad she didn't want it, my hen was broody for a month when she took the Robin, but then you would have to be feeding it constantly in the daytime, my Robin was never full!

 

[rubbleanddebris]