10 years now and I cannot fathom my life without them! They’re wonderful pets with big personalities!!! All it took was watching my neighbor’s flock for 6 months and to taste one of their fried eggs and I was hooked! A week later I had two chicks, then went back and got two more a couple weeks...
I fell over laughing at the insanity of your descriptions of chicken behavior! Your hawk chicken is so right on too! I have a new flock of now four month old Easter eggers mixed with Marans… they are hilariously funny when the play/fly all over the yard! I’ve never seen chickens play around like...
It really does work! I have cuckoo marans and they are very friendly and don’t mind being picked up. I make kissy sounds and they come running because they know they’ll get treats. When I turn on the hose, they come running for a fresh drink of water. My 10 year old RSL isn’t fond of...
Have you thought of cattle panels from Tractor Supply? They’re pretty stiff, inexpensive and could cover a lot of space. Then maybe fill in spots with chicken wire fencing.
If she’s wheezing and has fluid flowing out of her beak, it could be pneumonia. Call your vet. I think you can give VetRx orally, but check the instruction. If you have Nutra Drench, give her some. That should help! I’ve given it to a sick chick and it perked mine right up!
Yes! Corn is a hot food! My dad grew up on a farm and raised chickens for eggs. Dad advised me not to feed it to my city flock during the warmer months.
This is my first time with Marans. I have one golden and one cuckoo, then three olive eggers which are mixed with an Americana. My chicks are hilarious and are SUPER active! Their favorite thing to do is run FULL SPEED and then fly to wherever they are going!