Posts by sierradane

I feel as though I can't vote unless I include all 22 names of our chickens (all are hens unless noted):   Silver Sebrights: Bertha Crooked...

I have different groups that all have different names.   Willie, the Silver Sebright hen... I just call her Willie because she's in a class on her own.   The other Silver Sebrights, Bertha, Crooked Tail, Elvira &...

I may be crazy, but I honestly believe that my Silver Sebright hen Willie understands me. I'll ask her a question and she makes a little noise. Or like yesterday when I was talking ABOUT Willie in her presence to my mom but before I...

I guess I was mean in how I got one of our chickens to get off her eggs.  She was a biter and I noticed that she had one chick to hatch and it was dead.  I put on long sleeves, work gloves, picked her up from the nest and...

These little Silver Sebrights were born a couple days before Easter.  The mother's name is Henny and the babies are: Esther, Moses (Mosie) & Peepers (Peter).  Their "generation" is referred to as Little...

Our Sebrights lay anywhere from daily to every other day.  Bertha, who is probably pushing 5 years old, has retired I believe as far as egg laying goes.   I do know that when all those baby chickens are tiny babies, it's...

Did you try picking them up and setting them on the roost?  I know that sounds simple, but that's how we got our "toddler" chickens  to know where to sleep in their new house.  To get our house (indoor) chickens ready...

Our Three Chickenteers (Silver Sebright roosters) who seem to not be able to do anything alone but have to do everything as a unit, sometimes think they should run up behind us to flog us.  What puts the breaks on their attempts...

What is a Fart egg?

My little Silver Sebright hen Willie would like to say:  Don't all chickens follow people around all day like little puppies?  That's what I do!   Great passenger btw!!