Sallys rather odd children

piglet · 30-09-2007, 08:03 PM

Sally is a domestic hen from work whos job is to rear otherbirds chicks.

Here she is with two crowned cranes from west Africa , they are bigger than her but she stll loves them all the same

These too will be featured on the channel 5 zoo days programme

D

linda · 30-09-2007, 08:05 PM

oh bless har shes a true foster mom

niamherrity · 30-09-2007, 08:07 PM

Good for her, thats amazing

Henry-flash · 30-09-2007, 08:10 PM

She looks a very proud mum

sandy · 30-09-2007, 08:15 PM

Do you have to train a foster mother, or do you just pick one that shows the tendacies?

Becks · 30-09-2007, 08:26 PM

that great darren super pics lookin forward the the program

Toni115 · 30-09-2007, 09:01 PM

When will the programme be on?

piglet · 30-09-2007, 09:18 PM

Sally is an excellent foster mum she has been used 3 times this year , first she reared a clutch of Himalyan Monal phesants , then she sat a clutch of Laysan teal eggs (she didn't rear them ) and now the Cranes.

Sandy they do go through a process before rearing .
What happens is they lay a clutch of there own eggs in there own quarters then the desire to sit comes over them ,her own eggs are replaced with dummy eggs till she is settled then she is transfered to the rearing room and housed in a broody hen pen where she is given dummy eggs again till she is settled , then she is either given eggs to incubate of another bird speices such as ducks , pheasants or she may be given incubator hatched chicks to rear replacing her dummy eggs with the chicks like in this situation with the cranes.

Usually they are vetran rearers before trusting with cranes Sally is from stock that have proved them selves over and over again.

She is a cross breed worthless except as an egg layer in the outside world but worth her weight in gold asa foster rearer at the zoo.
Shes a cross between an asil x araucanax silkie

D

30-09-2007, 08:03 PM	#1
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Sallys rather odd children Sally is a domestic hen from work whos job is to rear otherbirds chicks. Here she is with two crowned cranes from west Africa , they are bigger than her but she stll loves them all the same These too will be featured on the channel 5 zoo days programme D

30-09-2007, 08:10 PM	#4
Henry-flash Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 9,304	She looks a very proud mum __________________ Peter Keeping: Testudo hermanni, Testudo graeca (graeca & ibera ), Testudo horsfieldi, Astrochelys radiata, Malacochersus tornieri and Kinixys belliana. The North West Tortoise Group

30-09-2007, 08:15 PM	#5
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	Do you have to train a foster mother, or do you just pick one that shows the tendacies? __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

30-09-2007, 08:26 PM	#6
Becks Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset UK Posts: 4,035	that great darren super pics lookin forward the the program __________________ horsfields ,redfoots ,southern and northan morrocans, map turtle . http://www.redfoottortoiseplace.piczo.com

30-09-2007, 09:01 PM	#7
Toni115 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ongar Essex Posts: 3,203	When will the programme be on? __________________ Toni xx Proud owner of 1 redfoot, 1 moggy, 1 very stupid dog, 1 dwarf Lop, 2 leopard geckos and two teenage girls!

30-09-2007, 08:05 PM	#2
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	oh bless har shes a true foster mom

30-09-2007, 08:07 PM	#3
niamherrity Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: klidare/ireland Posts: 2,827	Good for her, thats amazing

30-09-2007, 09:18 PM	#8
piglet Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,976	Sally is an excellent foster mum she has been used 3 times this year , first she reared a clutch of Himalyan Monal phesants , then she sat a clutch of Laysan teal eggs (she didn't rear them ) and now the Cranes. Sandy they do go through a process before rearing . What happens is they lay a clutch of there own eggs in there own quarters then the desire to sit comes over them ,her own eggs are replaced with dummy eggs till she is settled then she is transfered to the rearing room and housed in a broody hen pen where she is given dummy eggs again till she is settled , then she is either given eggs to incubate of another bird speices such as ducks , pheasants or she may be given incubator hatched chicks to rear replacing her dummy eggs with the chicks like in this situation with the cranes. Usually they are vetran rearers before trusting with cranes Sally is from stock that have proved them selves over and over again. She is a cross breed worthless except as an egg layer in the outside world but worth her weight in gold asa foster rearer at the zoo. Shes a cross between an asil x araucanax silkie D

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