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Does anyone know the classic game Mad Libs? Someone writes a story, but leaves a few crucial words out of it. Then somebody else puts words in the blank space. For example: the animal was very excited to finally action verb. Then another person fills in the blanks: mouse, jumped. Then the...

I was sitting on the couch this evening, and my parrot, Apollo, started ringing his bell toy madly. I ignored it for a minute, thinking he was having fun, when he started shrieking, and my mom mentioned he was kicking it. This sounded suspicious, and I looked closely at him, he was indeed...

My five beautiful one year old hens love to be around people, they run to you for food, they jump on your back, and when you come near their pen, they cluck and garble. Then this summer, I raised eight silkie chicks, one was attacked by my dog, and then I was down to seven chicks. They never...

A while back, someone posted this on their website: FEED ALERT!!! Due to the 2012 drought, high levels of toxins (alfatoxin, mycotoxin), have been found in the corn crop. This can cause serious problems for your birds especially breeders and babies. Commercially prepared feeds will usually...

When I first got my chicks, I searched the internet and books for all of the information I could find. Whenever I had a question I couldn't find in books, I looked it up on the internet. It seemed that all of my questions were answered on a particular site, Backyard Chickens. I figured since...

For nearly a year, it was just the five girls, Skye, Eggnog, Chipmunk, Hershey, and Q. They sometimes picked on eachother, but at the end of the day, it was all okay. They were in their large coop at night, and were put in the chicken tractor during the day. Then my sister got ducks, and it...

I have a braham hen named Hershey, and for the past six months, she's been broody. I can't handle any more chickens, so she isn't hatching any eggs. I tried to wait it out, I put Ice cubes under her, my mom put her in the rabbit cage for a day (That didn't work at all, It made her worse) and, a...

We don't have any parrots laying, (We think we might have all males) and my Mom and I were talking a while back. She was thinking that Apollo (My Eastern Rosella) was a male because he hadn't layed any eggs yet. (He's about 4 years old) And I told her that I thought you had to have a male to...

So this is where people who have any parrots that need names can come to for insperation. Pictures are welcome! I went for the greek god theme, I have an eastern Rosella named Apollo, and two budgies named Athena and Zeus. Here's Apollo, I don't have any pictures of Athena and...

Alright, so I have a broody Brahma she's been broody for over twenty-one days. How long will she stay broody?

nearly 2 weeks ago, my silkie chicks finally arrived. I had ordered eight of them with my mom, three partridges, two buffs, and three whites. When I placed them in their brooder, I warned them about our shih tzus. "Watch out for Alex and Ginger, I don't trust them at all, but don't worry, I...

What Emotion do you feel when I say Chicken? What word pops into your head? Is it wing, love, summer? My word=Joy

Mine will eat anything but the paper plate But their least favorite is bananas. What about your flock?

So I was holding one of my silkie chicks (Annamarie) in me hands, when I started singing this song. Really it's just Owl City's Lonely Lullaby, I only changed the words around a bit. (Oh, and I call all of my chickens "The Buffingtons".) I sang my princesses fast asleep, 'Cause they...

I'm going to get silkie chicks in April, three Whites, Three Partridges, and two buffs. So I'm wondering, how can I tell them apart when they're little? I know about the rubber leg bands, but I'm afraid of it cutting off the circulation or them getting caught on something. Any ideas? Here...

okay, someone says a word, or describes something, and the other person says either yay, if they like/would want to do it, or nay, if they wouldn't like/want to do it. Here's a few examples: Example 1: Person 1: Earthworms Person 2: Nay! Riding your bke up a steep hill? Example 2...

My sister recently got 2 ducklings, and we were wondering what gender they are. We are certainly keeping them both. We just wanted to know. The Black and White-ish one is Tyger, and the brown one is LeBeau (Leh-Bow). They are about two weeks old. I would like to know the breed...

Okay, I wasn't sure where to put this, it's not a game, it's not a random rambling... It's more like a bunch of stories... okay, so we all say anything along the lines of I remember when. okay, here's mine :) I remember when I was positive mealworms were fake. When I found out they were...

(3/19/2013) Entry #1 Hello, my name is Apollo, I am an Golden Mantled Eastern Rosella, and I am about 3 years old. I live in my bird cage, and the...

I have silkie chicks arriving in April,and am wondering when I can feed them fresh food such as lettuce,carrots, bread etc. the first time we got chickens,we didn't feed them fresh food until they were nearly fully feathered. and, what foods should I start with? Thanks in advance for your time