Reviews by Bloveschickens

My welsummer, named Pickles, was born with a crooked tail, but this did not stop her from being a friendly, outgoing chicken. She is my favorite chicken in my flock of 6. Also, a little over a year ago, she was attacked by a raccoon at night. If my poodle hadn't woken us up in the middle of the night, then she surely would have been killed by the raccoon. The morning after she was attacked, I did not think she was going to make it. With about 3 weeks of quarantine, treatment, and TLC, she was able to survive. In the attack she lost one of her eyes. It took a while for her to get used to only having one eye, and I had to slowly reintroduce her into the flock. She was picked on a lot at first, but I used a water sprayer, and would spray any chicken that touched her, causing that chicken to run away. After around 3 weeks of slowly reintroducing and spraying the meaner chickens, I was confident that Pickles would be safe back in her flock. It took about 6 months after the attack for her to start laying again, but now, over a year later she is a great layer at over 2 years old. I absolutely love Pickles, she is adorable and has a great personality, and is very friendly with other chickens. Overall, Pickles, my welsummer, is a great bird who has been through a lot.



This photo shows the good side of her face, and her crooked tail.

I love my barred rock Layla! She has always been my best egg layer and the top hen in my flock. She is always willing to try new things, and is the first to try a new or unusual treat. She is very friendly and outgoing, and is not scared of me at all. One con about my barred rock is that when I introduced new younger chickens or when one of my chickens was injured, she was the most aggressive towards them and picks on them, but that is just a part of being the top hen. I have since trained her not to peck and don't have a problem with her anymore. Overall, she is a great bird!