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Post by starlingqueen on Jul 29, 2015 15:33:56 GMT
I've been keeping a secret for a few months now, Shirls knows about it but I haven't told anyone because I wasn't sure if we were keeping her or not. I have a bantam hen. She was given to me by a friend who couldn't keep her with her big hens as they were beating her up. She had already come from another home where she was bullied. We tried to introduce her to our big girls but it was a disaster. She was stamped on, and generally not treated very well. So I debated if we would keep her or pass her on once again. She is so sweet and we fell in love with her, even hubby. So he decided he would divide the run and get her a house of her own. So today she was introduced to her new house. Her name is Maple and here she is.
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Post by ffiscool on Jul 29, 2015 15:37:00 GMT
oh bless her... breaks my heart she was bullied etc.. so glad you have kept her.
will she get a friend?
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Post by Shirls on Jul 29, 2015 15:38:11 GMT
Oh bless!!! I was frightened to ask about her, as I wasn't sure what you were going to do. I am so glad you kept her and she has a nice new home of her own. She will get lots of love and care from you I know. I wonder why she kept being bullied. Perhaps your two will learn to love her in the end too. She is a sweetie. I love her.
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Post by OP on Jul 29, 2015 15:39:01 GMT
I'm sure she will have a wonderful life with you Starlingqueen.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 29, 2015 15:43:41 GMT
She's adorable look at her little face!
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Post by starlingqueen on Jul 29, 2015 15:44:13 GMT
oh bless her... breaks my heart she was bullied etc.. so glad you have kept her. will she get a friend? We are thinking about it. She seems to be ok on her own and the big girls are in the same run but with a fence between them so she's not totally alone and she loves to come out around the garden on her own. So not sure if she'll need anyone. We don't want to have to go through introductions if it means fighting etc so if she goes to bed on her own, she's been living in a dog crate inside the run and we've been putting the crate inside the shed with the big girls at night, we may just leave her on her own. She's such a sweetheart, we can pick her up and give her a cuddle which is unusual for chickens, they usually run away. She enjoys being stroked, closes her eyes when you scratch her head.
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Post by Shirls on Jul 29, 2015 15:47:12 GMT
Maple does look as though she has a little bit of Buff Orpington in her, you can get bantam buffs, but her combe and wattles are slightly more curly! So sweet
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Post by starlingqueen on Jul 29, 2015 15:49:27 GMT
Oh bless!!! I was frightened to ask about her, as I wasn't sure what you were going to do. I am so glad you kept her and she has a nice new home of her own. She will get lots of love and care from you I know. I wonder why she kept being bullied. Perhaps your two will learn to love her in the end too. She is a sweetie. I love her. I had so much going on all at the same time, what with Ditto and the dove then the attempted introductions, it was a busy time. I wasn't sure if I had time for her so couldn't commit at the time. Sadly as Ditto died and the dove is now only being fed twice a day I seem to have found breathing space and managed to settle her in better. I think she was bullied because she is small. An easy target really. She is also very friendly and runs up to the big girls, which they don't seem to appreciate much.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Jul 29, 2015 15:54:08 GMT
Aww... I would never have thought of a chicken as being friendly until I heard about them on this forum
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Post by ffiscool on Jul 29, 2015 15:58:57 GMT
well she def sounds happy on her own and so glad she is enjoying herself at long last.. poor thing
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Post by samwiseg on Jul 29, 2015 17:23:41 GMT
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Post by jellybean on Jul 29, 2015 17:56:26 GMT
She's a beauty, what a great life she will have with you starlingqueen.
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Post by suesbird on Jul 29, 2015 18:12:26 GMT
Lovely, kind Starlingtqueen again.
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Post by starlingqueen on Jul 29, 2015 18:22:51 GMT
Lovely, kind Starlingtqueen again. Can you just tell my husband that? It drives him mad, all the animals I take in. Mind you, it was him who suggested we divide the run and he spent 2 days doing it. So he's not that bad.
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Post by Hezz on Jul 30, 2015 0:38:57 GMT
Poor little Maple. I do hope she will be fine on her own.
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