Posts by casencourt

Oh my East Tennessee friends, I have lost a chick.  It appears she had a broken neck.  As I was scrubbing the tractor down, just in case it was some disease, I found raccoon prints on top of the run area.  I hadn't been...

After inspecting the tractor I believe I know what has happened.  I have found raccoon prints on top of the tractor.  I haven't been locking them up in the coop area, just leaving the door to the run open so they could come...

I culled her.  I couldn't take it anymore.  I thought long and hard about trying to wean her back, but she was just pitiful.  I had to put her out of her misery.  She had pooped in the pet carrier twice and they...

I've been looking into wry neck.  It's not that she's holding her head at a particular angle; she just isn't holding it at all.  It's not twisted.  She isn't able to stand or sit.  She just lies on her side, not...

It isn't looking good for my little chicken.  My husband and I checked her last night and believe that she has broken her neck.  Like I said, she was always the craziest of the three.  She may have tried to fly and...

1.  They were fed medicated chick starter for the first four weeks, I now have them on unmedicated.   2.  All poops look normal.  Nothing bloody, nothing runny.   3.  I JUST FOUND MOLD GROWING...

I am so frustrated and heartbroken right now.  I just found my little 6 week old gold laced wyandotte lying on her side in the run.  She is always the wildest of the three running around like crazy.  She is really...

I'm kind of feeling the same way right now.  I just got my three little pullets yesterday.  It has been so hot here in Tennessee that I decided to let them dig around in the cool dirt under our porch.  I was checking...

I went to Chicken Creek in Grimsley, TN today and picked up three chicks.  Here is my niece with the little barred rock she named stripe.

I went to chicken creek today.  She had most of the chickens in the basement.  I saw maybe 2 dead birds and a couple with icky bums.  But, overall the birds were in good condition.  I got a barred rock, an...