Posts by CinnamonQueen12

Quote:Originally Posted by Coralietg  I've never been able get very friendly chickens, but all of them would come when we whistled, lol. They just learned that we would whistle and they would get treats. Yea, that's what my neighbor...

That's so cute! Lots of love and snuggling always does the trick!  You could try to train them to come to you when you make a hand signal or a certain noise. Then, if you, for example, snap your fingers or whistle, they all come...

I have a black australorp that has been acting strange. It all started back in October when she became exessively broody-wouldn't get up to eat, drink, stretch, anything. Eventually, we broke her broodiness, but by that time, she had...

Thanks!

I went to check on my chickens before I went to bed and I noticed that one of my Ameraucanas had her tail up high, her bottom down low, and she appeared to be straining. I recognized the eggnlaying position, but she was on the roosting...

I thought I was offically done adding chickens to my flock until my last hatch left me with 5 super friendly hens. I would love to keep them, but in our current 4x6 coop, 12 chickens is the limit. We still have this 4x6 all in one coop...

Their actuaaly more like pets  We love our chickens! We were just slightly worried that we were overfeeding them or something. Thanks for the reply. I hadn't thought about how old our girls are getting!

I have 2 black australorps, 2 barred rocks, and 2 ameraucanas that have finished molting months ago, but will not lay. Our golden buffs, rhode island red, and wyandotte bantam are laying almost every day, but the others havn't laid an...

Hurricane Sandy, nicknamed Frankenstorm, made its way from Florida up the East Coast yesterday evening. Connecticut is just starting to get those 90 mile and hour winds and heavy rain. My chickens are huddled in a corner of the pen,...

Thanks! Her eyes are open now, and their not sticking anymore!