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Post by Hezz on Mar 22, 2015 1:45:32 GMT
Anyway, Tookie goes off to her new home in an hour's time, so last photos: Her temporary quarters: Doing what a chook does best. A little treat of oats:
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Mar 1, 2015 10:37:17 GMT
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Post by porthos on Mar 22, 2015 6:50:40 GMT
aww Hezz she is beautiful! me thinks you should get her a friend you can always buy a cheap rabbit/guinea pig hutch for her to roost in, mine used to do that, they over took one of my rabbit hutches, their always open you see so the can always come and go as they pls, sadly we don't have the chickens anymore but we had one that would sit on my arm like a parrot! she loved being stroked to! they are so much fun to own, love chickens
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Post by Shirls on Mar 22, 2015 7:43:49 GMT
Wouldn't work tho would it porthos with all the predators they have out there? Sorry to see Tookie go Hezz, but you have done a fantastic job with her and I'm sure she got to love you in such a short time. I bet you will miss her too! She looks a lovely hen, very pretty. If I was nearer I'd have her!!!!
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Post by OP on Mar 22, 2015 7:57:57 GMT
She does look very beautiful. Probably the best thing for her going to meet another flock. Sweet sorrow all the same. Ah Well.
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Post by porthos on Mar 22, 2015 8:43:42 GMT
aww sorry hu hadn't read the whole thread bit manic with all the birds flying around like loons, you have done well with her and im sure she will be happy xx
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Post by suesbird on Mar 22, 2015 9:11:17 GMT
She is beautiful, I thought Shirls would say if she was closer she would have her
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Post by Hezz on Mar 22, 2015 9:26:55 GMT
If Shirls were closer, I would have been straight around there. I am pleased to report that her limping had reduced to nothing, so just a small injury there. starlingqueen, any guesses as to what breed she might have been?.... I love her colors, and she was such a gentle bird. Definitely gave me the urge to get myself organised and set up with a coop etc, but it does need to be done properly, so as to make all those predators lives too difficult to find a free feed at my house. I am missing/going to miss the girl. She was so much more placid than five mad budgies screaming about the house.
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Post by samwiseg on Mar 22, 2015 9:33:35 GMT
She looks beautiful Hezz! I swear she looks even prettier now that she has been in your care She will have a wonderful life with other chickens - fairwell Tookie and take care xx
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Post by Hezz on Mar 22, 2015 9:46:38 GMT
Yes, she has two other chooks that she needs to make friends with, and calm down the mad Lab who immediately noticed there was a new chook in his house. Her reaction to his presence only confirmed what I had thought about it being a dog that had attacked her. My Mac is so different; any animal on his property is immediately u der his guard. But not to worry; big Maxo is separated from the chook run....... he can't reach Tookie. Happy days ahead, Tookie.........
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Post by birdguhl on Mar 22, 2015 10:47:40 GMT
Bye bye, Tookie! We all enjoyed meeting you and hearing about you, and well done, Hezz - you done a good thing. Isn't it amazing that thanks to the forum we can share in this story and so many others?
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Post by starlingqueen on Mar 22, 2015 10:57:46 GMT
She looks a bit like a Brahma Hezz but she doesn't have the fluffy feet, but she may be still young and not developed the feathers yet. It would make sense though as they are good in high temperatures having been bred in India. She also looks a bit like a Golden comet who lay big brown eggs at a younger age than most chooks and can be sexed as chicks, the male are white and the hens are redish brown.
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Post by Hezz on Mar 22, 2015 21:18:43 GMT
Her egg was almost white, if that helps. I suppose she could be some sort of cross??
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Post by jellybean on Mar 22, 2015 21:37:36 GMT
What a shame that she has to leave you Hezz, I'm sure you'll miss her, you seem to have got so attached to her in the short time you were together. I hope you'll be very happy in your new home little chooky.
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Post by skysmum on Mar 22, 2015 22:59:38 GMT
Nawww, ive just caught up with this thread Hezz. What a delightful and very lucky little chook, im so pleased you found her and helped her out. Im sure she will have a very happy forever home with the vet people but i sense a seed has been sown here, how are OH's woodwork skills .
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Post by Hezz on Mar 23, 2015 10:09:22 GMT
Nawww, ive just caught up with this thread Hezz. What a delightful and very lucky little chook, im so pleased you found her and helped her out. Im sure she will have a very happy forever home with the vet people but i sense a seed has been sown here, how are OH's woodwork skills . Crappy, skysmum!!! I think I do the better job with a rule and saw. It was all her own doing, being such a delight to have around. She was so compliant, even though I realize that the first few days she was just frightened still, I am sure. I am sure she will be happier in a proper coop with other chooks for company. I do miss her little took, took, tooks though. Such gentle little sounds.
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