Posts by texastexas

Alright, that's good news!  Just some additional information: I went through some older pictures and found that her beak looked completely normal as recently as 5 weeks ago.

We're new backyard chicken-keepers. We were happily and accidentally inducted into your ranks a few months ago when we found the below-pictured young lady wandering around by a highway. All's been well. We got her a companion, built an...

Our second girl had a traumatic incident about a week back. Our dog chased her & cornered her. He didn't hurt her,but she was pretty shaken up. She hasn't laid an egg since, and now she's losing feathers. we don't know if the two are...

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Camilla_the_Chicken She's doing very well, see my follow-up post!

Here is the original post & story: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/701645/found-a-chicken-on-the-highway-help   We build a cheap cheap cheap coop out of some pallets, culled plywood, cinder blocks, chicken wire,...

My boss and another co-worker caught her. I was driving up to work, when I saw one shooing her away from the highway with his hat and the other waiting to grab her. She spent all day in an up-for-display pen. At the end of the day, no...

Thank you so much, everybody! Camilla (named after a famous chicken, do you know?) is set up for the night in the dog kennel with a little bit of cat food and some water. She should be dry and warm for the night. I plan to build a...

I found a chicken on the highway today, or, more specifically, at my workplace very near the highway. She was just wandering around. I've wanted to keep a few chickens in my backyard for a couple years now, but haven't ever got around...