Recent content by Ewebr11

We currently have chickens inside city limits (we are around exit 1 also) and we didn't get a permit although I know technically you are supposed to. We live on an acre and a half and nobody can see the chickens or the coop and the neighbors don't care about us having them. They actually enjoy...

Thank you all for your insight, but I think my first message got confusing or I said it incorrectly. I have NOT ever spray her if she was just hanging around. I have only sprayed her when she has come charging at me, or when she has pecked. I totally understand people saying that I caused it if...

I don't really understand what you mean by what I have done caused her to be that way? I got the idea of spraying her with water from this website as it seemed to work with many other people. I haven't abused her in any way.

We have 2 hens, one is a Rhode Island Red and the other is a Bantam. We adopted them from a friend that moved out of state. When we got them we were warned that the RIR had started pecking at toes. Everyone in my family has experienced this, so typically we walk around with a spray bottle and...

Thank you for the excellent advise on getting the chickens used to a new environment. I was reading somewhere that people fees their chickens kitchen scraps. Is this true and if so what kind of scraps are acceptable?

Hello, i just wanted to introduce myself as I am new to this forum. We are looking at adopting 3 hens from someone my husband works with because they are moving out of state. I couldn't be more excited!

Here is an application for getting chickens in your yard and a lot of good info if you didn't already find it yourself. http://www.cityofclarksville.com/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=1644

Did everyone that currently have chickens get a permit through the city? Just curious, because we also want to get chickens at our place.