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I've always heard rumors about hens that go broody will adopt baby chicks if you switch the babies for the eggs/rocks/golf balls/etc at night... They "wake up" with a nest full of miraculous babies!! We had THREE hens go broody, so after a week or so when we were SURE the mamas were sticking...

Friday evening, we treated our Little Mama for bumblefoot. It was pretty routine. :) Things to have ready: Scalpel Saline water Paper towels Gloves Extra gloves Neosporin Gauze VetWrap Another pair of hands We pulled off the scab and revealed the infection underneath. We got the...

On Sunday, my MrB and I are going to pick up our newest addition...... We've preemptively named her Heidi. :) She's an Alpine/Nigerian Dwarf mix... I believe that's "officially" a mini-Alpine. She's from unregistered (but purebred) stock. I AM IN LOVE. While I am all "head in the...

We have an idea, and we want you to copy us. :) Monolithic Filters (http://www.monolithic.org/water-filters) makes a gravity-fed, ceramic filter that costs ~$35. You can set it up on a five-gallon bucket or a fifty-gallon drum! It filters any kind of water you can throw at it, and gets rid of...

I was moving my quail from their brooder to their outside hutch when one sprang up and "boinked" the ceiling of his brooder, just as they have done THOUSANDS of times. Well... THIS time.... He did a great job of giving himself a hair cut... Maybe a little TOO much off the top...

Hello, everyone! I've got two questions. 1) Over the weekend, I noticed I've got a 15-week-old pullet with a scabby bump over her left eye. It's not hard, but it's not fluid-filled, either... Feels more like a skin tag. It's not red or pussing. It's the same color as her skin, and there is...

Good morning. We just hatched some new babies. We are first-time quail parents (got some eggs and an inc), and 8 of the 16 have hatched out over the course of day 17.5 to 18.5 (this morning). No. 8 hatched at around 5-6 am or so. He's been in the inc resting. I checked his egg and found this...

Hey, y'all! This weekend (Sept 14), we will be driving to pick up our first trio of Black Australorps - two hens and a rooster. They are five months old. Next weekend (Sept 21), we will be driving to pick up our second quartet of BAs - all four are hens. They are three months old. What is...

DH and I have three chickens coming this weekend from a breeder. We are in the process of building their permanent coop, but circumstances are causing us to get them a week or two early, and the coop is still incomplete. We have a chain-link dog run that the previous owner of our property...

It was a scorcher. As the sun sank into the west, Providence felt a bead of sweat drip down her spine leaving a salty trail of effort behind. She hummed to herself as she yanked a carrot from the ground and tossed it in the woven basket already filled with tomatoes, squash, and green beans...

First time chicken mama, here... My husband and I are planning on getting some chickens in the next two weeks or so to go along with our coop... You can find that journey in the Coop forum. ^_^ We have the opportunity to purchase some 4- to 6-week old pullets or order baby chicks from a...

Here we go! Construction of the coop at Casa de Los Brookes is underway! We've got more done than the pictures would have you believe, and we're going to extend the run area out a bit to give the ladies more room... But we're neck deep in it, for sure. The "front" of the coop with the frame...

Many moons ago, I used to write with a group of talented people in what we lovingly called "Relays." It bridges the gap between a role-play and a coop-written online novel. In a role-play, each author has control of only their character, their character's dialogue, actions and reactions, and...

Hello! Hubby and I are just starting to venture into the world of backyard chickens. We are in Magnolia, TX and have the good fortune of being on just under one acre. I look forward to getting to know you all. :) The Brookes