CROWING HEN needing FOREVER HOME urgently please
Posted: 18 Jan 2014, 09:46
Hi all
I have a crowing hen who needs a home urgently and I am in Lincolnshire. She is my 'pet' hen, happy to sit on the lap for cuddles without bribery, docile, calm, sweet and huge. She was laying eggs but has stopped due to a hormone imbalance and will not lay again. She is quiet apart from clucking when she is frightened (obviously, as hens do) which is not often apart from a scary seagull overhead. This is apart from her crowing. She crows about six times in the morning and whilst it is clearly not a cockerel noise, it is getting pretty close and far too loud for my near neighbours whom I do NOT want to antagonise. She started crowing a week ago and on vet advice, will not stop. He advised on her next moult she will grow in 'cockerel' plumage also. She does not crow throughout the day it is just a few times but this needs to be taken into account.
Because this hen is a pet and the most friendly and loved hen in my flock, really, I do not want her to go to an allotment situation. I know hens here are well looked after but she would not do as well and would miss the attention and love. I work from home and see my hens often throughout the day and they are very sweet pets. I do hope that somebody can help me and my beautiful hen. She is a very large girl indeed and a pure breed. Please PM me if you can help.
For full disclosure - medical history. Earlier in the year I got this hen and others into my flock. I thought at the time that when I got them, two of these new hens had a long standing respiratory infection because their crops were very sour and they were coughing and not in great condition. I went through every kind of antibiotic, and whilst all of my other hens did not get this illness and remained in good health, I was worried about these two and thought I might lose them. I even thought it may be Mycoplasma. In September I had to bite the bullet and have the vet out to take crop and throat swab samples from six hens, three of my 'old flock' who had no signs of illness and three 'new hens' including the two showing illness. I wanted to be absolutely sure what was going on and that I did not have any transmissable infection or disease. All swabs were clear of both Mycoplasma and all the other respiratory infections but showed that my sick hens had a bad case of GAPEWORM and a depressed immune system. After an intensive worming course over four weeks, they are now fit and well and gaining weight really well. My run and ground have been disinfected and sanitised and all hens are well wormed. A dropping sample has been analysed in November to show that all hens are completely clear of worms and other illness and are in great health.
I say all this because I want any prospective new owner to know that my hen is in great health and will not be transmitting any infection into their flock (which longstanding forum members will know is a bugbear of mine).
I have a crowing hen who needs a home urgently and I am in Lincolnshire. She is my 'pet' hen, happy to sit on the lap for cuddles without bribery, docile, calm, sweet and huge. She was laying eggs but has stopped due to a hormone imbalance and will not lay again. She is quiet apart from clucking when she is frightened (obviously, as hens do) which is not often apart from a scary seagull overhead. This is apart from her crowing. She crows about six times in the morning and whilst it is clearly not a cockerel noise, it is getting pretty close and far too loud for my near neighbours whom I do NOT want to antagonise. She started crowing a week ago and on vet advice, will not stop. He advised on her next moult she will grow in 'cockerel' plumage also. She does not crow throughout the day it is just a few times but this needs to be taken into account.
Because this hen is a pet and the most friendly and loved hen in my flock, really, I do not want her to go to an allotment situation. I know hens here are well looked after but she would not do as well and would miss the attention and love. I work from home and see my hens often throughout the day and they are very sweet pets. I do hope that somebody can help me and my beautiful hen. She is a very large girl indeed and a pure breed. Please PM me if you can help.
For full disclosure - medical history. Earlier in the year I got this hen and others into my flock. I thought at the time that when I got them, two of these new hens had a long standing respiratory infection because their crops were very sour and they were coughing and not in great condition. I went through every kind of antibiotic, and whilst all of my other hens did not get this illness and remained in good health, I was worried about these two and thought I might lose them. I even thought it may be Mycoplasma. In September I had to bite the bullet and have the vet out to take crop and throat swab samples from six hens, three of my 'old flock' who had no signs of illness and three 'new hens' including the two showing illness. I wanted to be absolutely sure what was going on and that I did not have any transmissable infection or disease. All swabs were clear of both Mycoplasma and all the other respiratory infections but showed that my sick hens had a bad case of GAPEWORM and a depressed immune system. After an intensive worming course over four weeks, they are now fit and well and gaining weight really well. My run and ground have been disinfected and sanitised and all hens are well wormed. A dropping sample has been analysed in November to show that all hens are completely clear of worms and other illness and are in great health.
I say all this because I want any prospective new owner to know that my hen is in great health and will not be transmitting any infection into their flock (which longstanding forum members will know is a bugbear of mine).
I am just so sorry you have to rehome her, plus the fact even though I cant rehome any rescue girls at the moment due to my water situation I could've squeezed in one girl but we are so far away from one another 
I hope someone on here can come to your rescue.
