Recent content by madwomn

Oh, yeah. Reesie "helps" me dig whenever I'm outside! The hard part is having to dig fast enough that she's not in the hole before I finish!

I DID! For good reason, though... He was raised by a family that showed chickens. They sold him to me because no matter what they did, he would NOT calm down in an exhibition cage and panicked every time someone walked past. When you pick him up, however, he goes completely limp. I had trouble...

I never figured out the problem, but several things worked in my favor, and he did recover and none of my other girls got sick! First, I figured out that his comb darkened because he had a temperature. He had such a high fever that he had febrile convulsions. Luckily, at that point, he was...

SAND. It will never stink, even if it's wet, and it's really easy to clean. Not to mention that the babies are hilarious when they figure out how to scratch and dust bathe. The only drawback is that it can be heavy.

First, don't panic. I've had two chickens that should have died, but because I gave them intensive palliative care, they both eventually recovered. Segregate him from the rest of the chicks ASAP. I used my laundry basket with a towel over the top. Second, figure out what you have to do to keep...

It bears saying that I'm not generally panicky, but I need some advice. Pepper, my 2-year-old bantam D'Uccle hen, decided to go broody on two eggs. They both were fertilized and developed normally, as far as I could tell (I am a compulsive candler...). Now, on day 22 (because day 21 would have...

My Belgian bantam rooster Noodle has some kind of unspecified illness. A week ago, he was: *lethargic *not eating *not drinking So I brought him inside, used the eyedropper to give him tetracycline- and electrolyte-laced water. I finally had to put him back outside with the girls because he...

Well, I'm no expert, but if my buff and blue hen's comb were smaller, the girl on the right in the picture would pass as her sister... It's hard to tell how long your girl's legs are (short legs are a hallmark of Japanese), and if they're blue or yellow (or brown?). Sushi's wings point down and...

A second entry: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/why-raise-chickens-in-your-backyard-the-ignorant-gals-guide-to-bantams-in-your-yard Regards - M

Here's my attempt: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-behavior-the-ignorant-gal-s-guide-to-things-no-sane-person-would-tell-you-about-chickens . This was shamefully fun.

This is my gorgeous 20-week-old Japanese bantam, Sushi. I know her legs are too long, and I don't plan to either breed or show her. Once she's a little bigger, she'll go out to live with my D'Uccles and D'Anvers. Her father was a blue frizzle Japanese and her mother was a BBR Japanese. I know...

Do you have any guesses as to the breed or name of the color? Supposedly she and 24 others were imported from Germany - the others all succumbed to hawks and the guy who owned Salt was glad to get rid of her. He claimed she drew the hawks into his yard. She has a little beard and short feathers...

I recently purchased this little girl (guy?) from a local who had a laundry basket full of 100 sexed chicks. I chose this one because I keep an assortment of bantams (I live in town and can keep more chickens if I keep bantams ). The difficulty is that this chicken, whom I have named Custard...