Recent content by DianaC

Thank you folks for your replies! Sadly, the bird flew off when it was approached.

Hi, my friend spotted this bird in her backyard. Is this some sort of exotic fowl? Please help me ID, thanks. Location: Modesto, CA.

I just had to put down one of my 4 year old Rhode Island Red hens. She had a really swollen abdomen and her breathing was heavy. She was not hot, so did not seem to have an infection. She had poop all stuck to her butt when I found her on Saturday. She was moving slowly and was really...

http://www.tourdecluck.org/ I got tickets for my family, thought all you chicken lovers in Northern California might want to check this out!! Basically, this should be lots of fun for the family, especially if you like riding bikes around and visiting chicken coops!

I wanted to post a story about something that happened to my flock earlier this month. The fence between a neighbor and I is a 50-60 year old dilapidated wood fence. I had not really thought much about it, since the tenant who lives next door does not own a dog. The owner of the house next...

My brown leghorn pullet on the run

Last Sunday night I hit the jackpot when I arrived at the grocery store. The produce dept. had just placed out pallets of food in the parking lot. I found all sorts of goodies for my chickens...bread and produce. A lot of the produce was really fresh like the tomatoes, bags of cherries and...

How does Red-shouldered hawk sound? I've done a bit of researching on the net and the pictures seem to match pretty well. I'm in California near Oakland.

One day a hawk, I think it was a redtailed hawk, dive bombed my Rhode Island reds. I chased it away and all 9 chickens are safe, but now I'm worried because I let them run out in the yard and I don't dare leave them alone. Ever since, the hawk seems to be casing the joint and there are...