We had a flock walk through our yard a few days ago. I've wondered when/if the neighbors' chickens can find their way home. We did not see them retrace their tracks. My guess is you will see someone looking, shortly.

She will likely be part of the circle of life soon. I grew up with chickens, and even "free range" chickens are highly susceptible to predators. If you want to increase her chances, try to coax her into a dog crate at night, at least. If no one claims her, I'd contact a local chicken farm to see if they'd adopt her into their flock.

Where are you located? My sister lives in Mass and she’s missing a chicken. lol!

It has been seen here 3 days now and may have shown up earlier. I've searched for lost chicken signs, posts etc. I'm fine giving it a few more days, but if we need to decide to rehome it or take it in, I need to do some homework to figure out what we are getting into and what we need to do. Yes, there is some grass among those flowers - we've had a lot of rain and it's supposed to keep coming for 2-3 more days.

Update -- we had a huge downpour and I was wondering how the chicken was doing. DH spotted her on our front porch before we had lunch.

Congradulations! I’m sure Henryetta will very happy.

Well, she's not stupid. We had about 7 inches of rain best I can tell (the rain gauges were full), street flooding very soggy ground. After it stopped, DH was out in the front yard and I was at the beck of the driveway when he called back to me, "Guess who's on the front porch!" She's protected by azalea hedges there as well as dry if up on the porch. She came for a snack a little later and dinner time should be coming up soon, so DH put out some mealworms and lettuce and left our gate open so she could wander back to the veggie garden. We might find out if she likes tomatoes.

I looked up breeds - looks liek this one lays brown eggs if she is of age. The thought has occurred to me that she might not be producing and someone may have intended to le her become part of the food chain. If we wind up keeping her and need to get one or two more to keep her company, having one that isn't producing wouldn't be all bad. My son has a collegue who teaches at a sister school. She has 26 chickens - I cna't imagine getting an average of 2 dozen eggs every dayto every other day!

Party_music50, I'm in Texas and the jet stream has been moving more your sister's direction, so I doubt even Super Chicken could have made it this far. But if it's hers, she can come and get her!

Seems to me like Henryetta has found a new home. ::giggle::

Well, we didn't see her at what appeared to be dinner time, and DH told me when he saw her on the front porch she had actually crossed to the far side of our house. Maybe the pickin's were too slim today. If she comes back for breakfast we are going to et some chicken feed and yes, maybe find a coop.

At our last house, two of the neighbors had chickens. The one neighbor would let her chickens out in her fenced yard, then the bears would climb over and eat them. Or...when they stopped laying she'd put them outside the fence. That chicken probably needs a "home"!

NiCOZ5, similar thoughts occurred to me, especilly since interest in raising chickens spiked during avian flu outbreaks and things seem to have returned to near normal. We don't have bears here, but coyotes, foxes. racoons, eagles and other possible predators.

Never have I ever - until today, gone to a feed store looking for chicken feed. Our little hen reappeared this morning and was out foraging and dining of a bit of bird food and some dog food because she seemed really hungry. We had already decided last night that if she returned we needed to get her some proper nutrition since there has been no lost chicken reported and our shelter now takes only dogs and cats.

DH set some out before we went to dinner, but we didn't see her and if she came, she didn't go for the new food. I've been afraid that as soon as we bought chicken things she would disappear. We shall see in the morning.

Nicest young gal at the store seemed to be the one who knew the most about chickens. She seemed to think the hen was a younger one but probably producing age. She told us we need a hen house with roosting and nesting space (no purchased boxes needed -- gave us some ideas) but not necessarily a run attached if we can get her to the backyard and fine letting her free range. She also told us the darker chickens appear to scare off hawks better so she will be safer than a light colored one. If we get her to the more protected back yard, we will hen set up the house and seek a friend or two for her.

I remembered that my neice's daughter went to TAMU to study poultry science and I thought she was teaching Ag, so I reached out. She is a SPED teacher (special ed) but may be able to help us find her a home. Haven't heard anything - hence the plans to look for a house. I realized I didn't even know what to look for or what kind of coop to get, so one step at a time works for now.

oh - got some new phots today with the sun out-

Careful, I think chickens could be addictive.

DS and DDIL now have 7. How it started:

How it’s going: DDIL bought the camper coop when they had a few chickens. Now they have 7 chickens, so she had to build an addition.

These are my 3 youngest granddaughters, sitting on DDIL’s shoulder.

I miss having chickens, I am glad she is somewhat safe in your yard. She would love it if you will give her vegetable scraps, carrot peelings, etc. They love cabbage.

Check Marketplace for a used chicken house for Mable.