jendie
Well-Known Member
A coupleof years ago one of our old hens hatched a very late chick. Sadly she died soon afterwards and we found the distressed chick standing on its mum's body cheeping for its life. We managed to get a similar tiny baby, a young bantam cockerel, from a neighbouring farmer and it was love at first sight, the two birds were inseperable. Three years later a fox ran off with the little cockerel. THe hen had obviously tried to save him and had lost several feathers in her struggle. She was shocked and distraught but survived, though rarely ventured from her coop. We decided she needed a companion and purchased a young polish cockerel. She hated the sight of him and tried to kill him
so he was moved to a seperate pen. In the last few weeks she has taken to spending her days sat beside his pen and we decided it was time to reintroduce them. It worked, he has been trotting behind her all day long and last night we found them snuggled up togeether in her coop. Methinks Spring is in the air!!
