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The boys are four now and the girls are two! Loca laid four eggs last year but Chica didn't lay. I doubt the eggs were even fertile. Maybe this year. I have someone looking for chicks. Macro shot of Chica. Chica Loca Louis Stuart (has issues with personal space!)

My husbands's daughter has neighbors with 20 chickens. Last night they worried about the chickens being cold, so they placed a space heater in the coop. The coop burned to the ground and every chicken died in the fire. Please think carefully about heating in areas with animals. There are worse...

Chica escaped from her pasture yesterday morning. I found her wandering about two acres away in the pasture with Jack and Diane. Not good. I hurried back to wake Michael to help herd her back to safety. He put on shorts, flip flops and an old ratty ski parka. Apparently that is a turn-on to...

Hi guys. I found my 3 year old Stuart down this morning. When he stood he was limping. I moved him into a pen with Chica who is the shy girl and less likely to chase him like Loca does. This is what his leg looks like but I think he just pooped on it while he was down. Other than the limp...

To all you breed experts, I am having a contest on my blog to identify the chicken breeds I received from a brown egg layer assortment on My Pet Chicken. There's a good prize too! Hopefully some of you can help me figure this out. Please don't post answers here. Your answers aren't visible on my...

From pip to zip to out! Watch the egg closest to you at the bottom left for the pip.

My female emu Chica has displayed the strutting and drumming behavior for months. Loca just started doing it a couple of weeks ago even though they are the same age. Today they started fighting. Does this mean they might start laying this mating season? They will be two years old on New Year's Eve.

A couple of days ago I noticed my 2 year old emu Louis had a large hematoma on his back and feather loss. I first thought maybe he rolled under the ranch fence and stood up suddenly and injured himself. I thought maybe he pulled the feathers out trying to scratch the injury. Now I wonder if he...

I made hoecakes on Presidents as they were a favorite of George Washington. Unfortunately they were gross. Tasted like taco pancakes. I assumed the animals would approve so my granddaughter Emily and I fed them to the animals. You can see how big my emus have gotten in the video. She's a little...

I received chicks last week that traveled from Florida to California. When they arrived, two of the chicks were apparently DOA, both of them stuck in cups of GroGel, one up to its neck. I rushed them home, rinsed the Grogel off so they could move their wings and chests. I used a blow dryer...

We have five runs, side by side. We have flight netting over the top but haven't quite secured it down in all areas yet. I will have before the sun sets tonight!

Stuart and Louis are 2 years old and Chica and Loca just turned 1. Chica has been strutting and displaying for several weeks. The boys are taking the bait and wooing her. Then Loca has to step in and give the boys a beat down. In this video she just stomps and runs them both off. It is going to...

When I went out to feed the emus this morning, my boy Louis met me at the gate which was frozen shut. As I was pouring water on the latch to thaw it out, he was sticking his head through the gate and eating out of the feed bucket. I reached in to push him aside so that I could swing the gate...

This is all Chica does all day, strut and primp. She rarely leaves the area by the gate.

Chica and Loca turn one year old tomorrow! Seems like only yesterday!

We just moved two weeks ago and the emus are getting used to their new pasture. My husband hit a rock or something with the mower and off they went! The boys weren't interested in joining them either. Mary

Here is a picture with the trees in place. The new fence will be painted tomorrow. I hate these trees so I photoshopped them out in the second picture. What do you think? Answer the poll above. Oops.too late!

Hi, it's me, Stella the Gypsy chicken, part Icelandic, part who-knows-what. If you know me, you know I value freedom above everything else; freedom to soar like an eagle, freedom to break the chains that bind me, freedom to do my own thing. Feeling a bit stifled in the regular forum, I decided...

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