Posts by MO-Chickie

Free Jersey Giant rooster - bought as a day-old chick around the 1st of March, he's grown up to be a big beautiful guy.  See my craigslist ad for more info.  Available for pick-up, preferably before Saturday. ...

Thanks for the advice...she went home to bed with everyone else tonight, unlike last night when I found her roosting on a fence wire! 

The new batch is about 10-11 weeks old now.  The rest of the babies are happily learning to forage, figuring out the bedtime ritual, etc.  She'd rather chill on the porch and watch me plant herbs.  LOL

So I have a little Polish pullet who definitely prefers hanging with us humans rather than her own flock.  She follows me everywhere...likes to sit and watch whatever I'm doing in the garden, preferably on my arm or in my lap, and...

Thanks for the info - I'm going to start using treats and a call while they're still in the house.  I think that would be WAY easier than herding!  And I did read about them not liking to go into a dark building.  My...

Hi all - I have a silly question for y'all.  I have a new batch of chickens I'm raising and they're about 7 weeks old right now.  I've been handling them quite a bit since the last batch I didn't have time to handle and...

Hi all - I have a little Polish cockerel about 6 weeks old that I noticed stretching his neck and almost gagging/swallowing yesterday.  All of the new babies got a bit of sunshine and were in a temporary pen, so I assumed he just...

Hi folks - I finally took the plunge this year and got some guinea keets.  They're completely spastic, stinky and LOUD...so all this hoodoo I keep hearing about what fantastic bug eaters they are better be true!    I...

I saw this thread and had to post my own info on Heartland Hatchery.  I bought my first ever chicks in April 2009 from a farm store in Paola, KS having "Chick Days" that were supplied by Heartland Hatchery.  Out of 12 chicks,...

Thanks for the information.  Unfortunately I can't blame it on the weather because we've been hella dry this winter with no snow and not much rain.  Of course it's been freakishly warm also, so perhaps the ground hasn't...