Posts by lkcaffery

A happy update. Chicken Little made it through the weekend and I took her to the avian vet first thing this morning.  After a brief surgery to close her wounds with some staples, and $260 later, it seems she will recover just...

A hawk attacked my sweet silkie today and there are no avian vets in my city that are on call this weekend so I'll have to help her and hope she makes it through until Monday.  She definitely has wounds under one wings and on the...

Any chance she'll settle down after she starts laying and this is hormonal in part?

Here she is.  You have no idea how hard it was to get this picture because she kept charging me! Ha!  

I have a  32 week old Buff Orpington that has become very aggressive.  It started this summer with my then 18 month old and Peep, the BO, would peck her for no reason at all.  She then started going after my 4 year old...

Thanks all.  Seems like I should not be concerned.  My four girls are very well cared for - fresh food and water daily, calcium supplement available, and they free range for about 3 to 5 hours a day.  Hopefully tomorrow...

Yes, I am feeding them layer feed and have been since August.  The Salmon Favorelles has been laying  have been laying for about a month now, maybe 3 weeks.  I suppose the other possibility is that this egg could...

Right now my only two girls that are laying are my EE and my Salmon Favorelles.  I've noticed that the eggs/eggshells from the Salmon Favroelles are much thinner than those of my EE.  Two times within the past couple of weeks...

My silkie hen was broody for about 2 weeks but just yesterday she re-joined my small flock on her own.  How long until she starts laying again?

I am a first time chicken owner and have 4 urban backyard chickens that hatched on April 9th.  Our one silkie laid for about 3 to 4 weeks and has now gone broody.  She has been broody for about a week now and I force her to...