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Hi, All: Odd that I've just started checking in here again recently; one of my birds has just begun acting strangely. Penny, our "cinnamon queen", was standing in a corner when I went to put the girls to bed. She doesn't seem hurt or sick, but if she's moved from the corner, she eventually...

....that we have three adult hens, FIVE nest boxes, and yet this still occurs? Enquiring minds want to know!! (McNugget and VERY PO'ed Penny).

Hi, all: I haven't signed in for a long while; there has been a lot on my plate recently. Now things are beginning to subside a bit; and I read with interest the poll that's up today. It gave me food for thought. I certainly love our chickens, but it got me thinking specifically about...

My chickens and chicks continue to amaze me. Four of our little ones have developed "pasty butt", probably from the heat. So they had to be caught, the "cement" removed from their backsides, and they had antibiotic ointment applied to their little rears to forestall irritation and...

Hi, all: Here are some pics of McNugget and her babies. We got a partridge Silkie, a black Silkie, two Ameraucana bantams, and two lavender Belgian D'Anvers bantams. Here's "Nuggie" on the nest box, with the babies, and Torey holding one of the D'Anvers. The local farm really came...

Hi, all: Despite the odds, our sweet Buff Silkie, McNugget, is now a mom. Her babies arrived dead from My Pet Chicken on Tuesday. Despite their apparent reluctance to refund us for our 100% percent loss, they did go good for it. Too bad there's no way to make it up to the poor chicks...

Hi, all: We just received our second shipment of five chicks from My Pet Chicken. Our first shipment in June of last year all arrived alive and full of p#ss and vinegar. We still have three of them, and they are well-loved. Today's shipment arrived dead. This was confirmed by the lady at...

Hi, all: We were going to graft some day-old peeps to our VERY BROODY silkie hen today. Unfortunately, they all arrived dead. For some reason, someone saw fit to ship our babies from Connecticut to Ohio (in the blazing heat), and THEN to us in New Hampshire. The kind, sympathetic lady at...

Hi, all: Just an update (if you're interested) about how my broody buff Silkie is doing. We made a nest enclosure for her out of our dog's old sleeping crate. She likes it better than usurping a nest box that she always has to argue over! I understand that's a bad idea, anyway. She's been...

Hi, all: It's been a long time since I posted, and a lot has changed. Our blue Silkie, Rachel, passed away in December (we still miss her!) and our little flock now lays regularly. Penny (cinnamon queen) and Dominique (barred rock/dominique cross) both lay hand-grenade-sized eggs 6-7 days a...

Can this even be done? Our two new pullets lived outside in a clay-ey, muddy yard. They plainly don't like it on their feathers and try to preen it off. They also SMELL muddy. Can they have a bath? How is it done? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, as you may know, I'm still pretty new to keeping chickens. I've been through all the books we have about chickens, and there's precious little about how to quarantine new birds. They all don't recommend it, and offer token advice for those of us who "insist". We "broke the rules" and...

Hi, all: I live in New Hampshire. Our silkie Rachel has developed what seems to be a digestive problem. At the base of her neck, a "pouch" has developed that feels squashy. She allows me to touch it and it doesn't pain her. However, when I picked her up and held her on her side (our...

Hurricane Irene hit New Hampshire yesterday. It wasn't nearly as bad as in other places, but it was windy, extremely rainy, and then knocked out our power. Between the wind, the driving rain, and the noisy generator, our girls were uneasy and made the "scared chick" peep constantly. It was a...

....does the nickname "chook" rhyme with "Luke" or with "look"?

Hi everybody, I work in a machine shop. It's an environment where you get very comfortable with one another and a LOT of leg-pulling goes on. I found this "special" KFC bucket on my work station when I stepped out of my machine. It's pretty clever, and you can see a lot of effort went into...

Pix of Dominique ("Nickie") and Penny. Nickie flies up onto my arms and shoulder, then from there my head, on her own. Penny flies up so Nickie isn't up higher than her! They both enjoy being petted. Our silkies, Rachel and McNugget, are less social but very cute and sweet. They don't mind...

My slightly over 5-weeks old Red Star has begun crowing. We are SURE she's a girl, she was reddish-orange when we got her at one day of age. My wife saw her do it; our Dominique got a perch over her head (which she HATES) and she just opened up and did a loud, high-pitched crow. Will she...

This is a story about my bud Tom's hen. Tom's in his early 50's and lives in a little New England town. We work together in a machine shop. I've gotten to know Tom pretty well, and it's safe to describe him as "old-time tough". He's quiet, but he is very self-sufficient and can fix ANYTHING...

Our "babies" will be ready to move outside soon. While we're building them a very secure "fortress" (welded wire run all around their coop, electrified fencing), our neighborhood has a feral cat problem. We live in a very remote community with both summer and year-round residents. Sometimes...