Ever Think About Adopting....a Chicken?

This past weekend, Gael Glen Farm welcomed five new feathery friends who needed to be re-homed.  These brown hens are actually the cousins of the Lohmann browns that we adopted in the spring.  They are the same breed, from same farmer and are the same age.  Our newly adopted birds used to live in a beautiful little coop at Liam's on-call nanny's house where they could free range on the front lawn.  Sadly, they were being systematically stolen by a neighbourhood coyote and each day the flock would lose one member.  They were very well taken care of at their old home but in the interests of safety they have come to live with us here at Gael Glen Farm where they can free range in the security of a chicken run surrounded by an electric fence.

Our new additions are adjusting well.  The first night three of the five new birds tried to sleep outside and I had to pick them up individually, bring them into the coop and place them on the roosts.  However, they have since gotten the idea and now come in on their own.  I have one bird who is a bit of an escape artist and so is scheduled to have her wings clipped in the near future.  The chicken run is divided into halves so the grass has a chance to regrow on one side while the hens eat it up on the other.   The escapee hen keeps flying into the cordoned off side and then cannot get back over to her comrades.  At least she is not flying over to Emily's side of the fence since we know what happens in that scenario.

We are glad our new chickens are taking to their new home and are establishing their position in the pecking order.  Just call us Gael Glen Farm and Avian Rescue - haha.