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Well when the dog fatally injured one of the Red Sisters I decided the days of free ranging were over. So I moved the coop over next to the kids cubby house and with a good supply of tomato stakes, chicken wire and a staple gun I managed to put a run around the coop. Its quite a sight but...

I am fed up with tattered gardens and poop and made the decision to pen up my 4 girls. Now the Red Sisters don't mind but the other two are depressed, I think. They have only ever free ranged their entire lives; I feel bad for them but I am hoping they will adjust. Have ordered another pen so...

Okay. The hen has lost a lot of weight, comb has fallen over to the side now pale in colour. She wants to eat - runs out with the others and appears interested in the food but doesnt eat any. Nothing caught in her beak. Crop is very hard. I have tried oil and massage. Now it would appear that...

Well I did!! And I think it so funny that this should excite me so much. The "twins" *Daisy and Maisie) are difficult to tell apart and they hang out together all the time. I knew that one laid eggs a bit paler than the other one, but have never been able to work it out, cause they lay early...

My hen, Lotty, was looking a bit blue yesterday afternoon, I went over to her and she let me touch her (she NEVER lets me do that). I patted her on the chest to see how her crop felt, it was okay, then I put my hand down and felt down near her vent, and all of a sudden a soft shelled egg popped...

My family and friends laugh at me that I chop up my vegie and fruit scraps into beak size tidbits. My ex mother in law used to do that as she said she had much less food getting wasted that way. Since getting my girls I have found that things they mightnt relish, get eaten when I chop it all...

Last night, Lotty (Red Star) had a huge crop. It didnt feel any different to the other girls, neither was she unhappy or acting poorly. This morning it was down somewhat, tonight it is about the same. She is still acting okay. Should I add ACV into the water, maybe offer more grit?? Both...

I bought 2 new point of lay Red Star pullets and put them in with my 2 isa brown chooks. Size wise they are all much the same. Of course the older girls are beating up on the new ones. But there lots of places to hide in their run, so even though I worry I am hoping they will be okay. I check...

Well hi - I can't believe I have found such a wonderful site.. I feel as though I have come home - to like minded people who love their chooks. I was given 2 chooks a few years ago. An Australorp (Honky) and a Sussex (HennyPenny), they don't lay anymore and lead a comfortable free ranging life...