Longmeadow Rescue Ranch Barn Buddy

Naomi A Transylvanian Naked Necked (Turken) Light Red Hen. Sponsor Naomi!

Naomi's Story
Naomi came to Longmeadow Rescue Ranch in August of 2006.  She was rescued with 41 other chickens and one calf from an egg farm.  There were more than 10,000 birds at this facility.  It was overcrowded, lacked nutritious food and clean water and had a number of dead chickens lying where live birds were living. 

Naomi's Health
Naomi had few feathers and was very naked.  Her breed is only supposed to be naked on the neck.  She was very thin, had sores on her body and had bumble foot (a sore on the pad at the bottom of her foot) on both feet.  We started her on chick starter to help her gain weight.  She was kept in a kennel so that she could have access to all the food and water she wanted.  She was de-wormed, treated for coccidia and treated with antibiotics.  She has now fully recovered, has feathers on her body (except for the naked neck) and the bumble foot has healed.

Naomi is fed laying crumbles and has access to grit to help her digest her food.  She is de-wormed twice a year to take care of internal and external parasites.  She has access to an outdoor exercise pen during the day and has an indoor area during the night.

Naomi's Personality
Naomi is very curious about all that goes on around her.  She talks to you and lets you pick her up.  When we first put her with the other chickens, she would pick at their feathers.  We were afraid that she had gotten used to picking at feathers for the protein she was lacking at the egg farm.  With access to plenty of good food, she stopped the feather picking.  She lives with Paris (a Buff Orpington hen), another Barn Buddy rescued from the egg farm.