Posts by Attila the Hen

Now that's a brave young man and compassionate too. You are lucky to have such a fine son. My snake did get a bit peeved and hissed at me with a big open mouth. I was a good 6-8 feet away and deserved it.

I don't have any advice--only sympathy for your horrible loss. Not being a chicken expert, I would imagine she will calm down given some time and TLC. That's what I would need. Nothing like a bit of anthropomorphising.Again, what an...

Quote:Originally Posted by MSDeb Quote:Originally Posted by Attila the Hen Despite my intentions I may have killed the snake. I had a large marble egg in the next box to encourage the girls and it has disappeared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

Despite my intentions I may have killed the snake. I had a large marble egg in the next box to encourage the girls and it has disappeared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this possible? I will have a complete clean out over the weekend and see.

Quote:Originally Posted by confusedturtle The coop/run is being built this week, the girls are almost 5 weeks old now.  They have a small plastic container of water in it just to soak in if they wish but I m glad to know the...

There was definately an expletive.

I am not that experienced, so perhaps you shouldn't listen to me. I brought home a little guy one evening and the girls gave him the evil eye. I took him back to the store and got the BIG expensive rooster. Being totally ignorant, I just...

I am so sad for you I could cry. I am glad you are okay though. We had  tornados but they missed us thank God. I was worried about the chickens because there would be nothing I could do for them.Animals are amazing.

I thought rabies was a concern when an animal was behaving erratically. A raccoon attacking chickens if normal behaviour. Of course one always wants to be careful, but I think it's a bit of a reach to assume there may be a rabies problem...

Well I confess to being someone who refuses to kill anything I don't have to and rarely do I have to. Everything simply wants to live. (I sometimes feed the scorpions to the chickens and feel a bit bad about itHumans routinely kill...