So, i have a hen who happens to have an underlying condition that needs treatment that we can´t give her, to add to that, we can´t really keep multiple hens or anything so we only have her, we have no coop because dogs and possums, and in general, it isn´t the best place for a hen.
We are...
hello. So happy to be here. Grateful for an outlet to share all the fun and curiosities of these super cool little creatures. We have 6 chickens we call the garden girls. 3 Buff Orpingtons named Butternut, Pumpkin, and Acorn. 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes named Tarragon and Thyme. 1...
3 years ago I got a call from a friend to pick up a stray chicken who was unclaimed and soon to be euthanized by the vet. While I was watching the video of this mystery chicken, I just knew there was something special about her. My mum and I drove 40 minutes each way to pick her up. When I...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
This morning!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4, rescued this morning
(3) What breeds do you have?
I have no clue! Hoping someone here can help me identify
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard...
Hi, all! Sure am enjoying my girls. It seems that they like me, too! Little Stevie here also helps floss my teeth. But don't tell my husband, he might not like that! Hee, hee.
Seriously, I was trying to shovel snow out of their run, because they don't like to walk on soft snow if it's more...
Hi Everyone! Our girls are mostly Araucanas and it seems like they're all trying to "out beard" each other - our current winner is Chloe, who most of the time can barely see because her fluff is so fluffy, and when she closes her eyes, you cannot even see where her eyes should be! She still can...
My chicks are now six weeks old (well, on Tuesday 3/13!) and seem to have chickening down to a science. They come out into the run automatically (the door is always open) in the morning and I feed them. Then it's time for a nap, some of them like to roost, some just sit in the straw. They go...
My cockerel and pullet freak out when they are separated. If I carry snowball away cricket will follow me and if I put them down on opposite sides of the hallway they run right back to eachother. Snowball attacked a cat that i was babysitting for my aunt, because the cat hissed at cricket...