New birds are here... pics added
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:51 pm
you can all call me an idiot if you want. Or at least a sucker. They belonged to a little old man in Smiths Falls. He is turning 87 years old this week and getting out to the shed and looking after them has become too much for him. He has retired off the farm and is living with his son in town. Think he is under some pressure to get rid of them.He warned me that a couple of them were moulting " a little bit" and one had a pretty naked bum, but if I didn't want them when I came to see them I didn't have to take them.
So I met up with this sweet old guy. He told me this will be the first time in his life he wont have an animal left to look after......and started to cry!!! We went out to this little backyard shed, he had half of it for his chicken. What an ugly bunch of naked birds. He says he thinks they might have been picking at each other a bit. it is no wonder in the tiny space they are living, not even a roost.If there is a bully there is no way for the other birds to get away. He gave me some red stuff that he has put on them that is supposed to stop picking...but I thought red was the worse thing to use? I will get some Blu Kote tomorrow.
Had a hell of a time trying to catch them. They are like wild animals! He has these runs up high...like rabbit cages and they would hide in the far corner had to hook them with a coat hanger.
We got into the car to come home and before my husband could say a word I said ," I know, just keep quiet. I am an idiot but I felt so sorry for them and for him I could not leave them there." He actually shook his head and said," I know I feel sorry for the old guy." He called us a nice young couple ( we are both in our fifties) when we left and asked us to take care of his girls.
So I have an ugly bunch of wild chickens in my hen house. I told my husband they will be like different birds in a couple of months. At least here they can get away from each other when they need to. Hope they can handle some cold...not heat lamps here!
So I met up with this sweet old guy. He told me this will be the first time in his life he wont have an animal left to look after......and started to cry!!! We went out to this little backyard shed, he had half of it for his chicken. What an ugly bunch of naked birds. He says he thinks they might have been picking at each other a bit. it is no wonder in the tiny space they are living, not even a roost.If there is a bully there is no way for the other birds to get away. He gave me some red stuff that he has put on them that is supposed to stop picking...but I thought red was the worse thing to use? I will get some Blu Kote tomorrow.
Had a hell of a time trying to catch them. They are like wild animals! He has these runs up high...like rabbit cages and they would hide in the far corner had to hook them with a coat hanger.
We got into the car to come home and before my husband could say a word I said ," I know, just keep quiet. I am an idiot but I felt so sorry for them and for him I could not leave them there." He actually shook his head and said," I know I feel sorry for the old guy." He called us a nice young couple ( we are both in our fifties) when we left and asked us to take care of his girls.
So I have an ugly bunch of wild chickens in my hen house. I told my husband they will be like different birds in a couple of months. At least here they can get away from each other when they need to. Hope they can handle some cold...not heat lamps here!