Chicago Illinois

[LTAY1946]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you in this poultry loving community. Best wishes for your hatch. I get more excited about a broody hen hatching than I do with my incubators. Just love a mama hen with her little ones gathered around her.

 

[Jenbirdee]

hello and welcome.
are you saying 1/4 stick as in M80 someone threw one in your yard next to the coop and it killed your chickens?
that’s HORRIFIC. omg!
can you bring your chickens inside your house next year? maybe in a basement if you have one?

 

[fuzzi]

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been a chicken mom for almost a year. I found Edna, roaming the parking lot of a Menards. She was alone I scooped her up. Brought her home put her in a cat kennel. She laid her first egg with in a week.

I purchased babies, 2 barred rocks and 1 silky. The silky died. I was able to get another one, as I had everything I needed. So I got 2 silkies.

4th of July around her in this city is horrible. I went out to check on everyone, Edna was laying dead, a 1/4 stick wrapping next to the coop. She was a sweet girl. Then Esther had injured her leg. I relinquished her to the bird vet, she got adopted by the vet tech- now a house chicken.

So I’m down to 3 from 5.

Welcome!

Glad you joined us here.

My daughter and her family live in Rosemont.

 

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

Hi @ShariChitown

Welcome!

 

[ShariChitown]

Thank you

 

[Tookie]

Welcome to BYC, we're glad you joined us.

So sorry for your losses, and good luck with your hatch.

 

[ShariChitown]

hello and welcome.
are you saying 1/4 stick as in M80 someone threw one in your yard next to the coop and it killed your chickens?
that’s HORRIFIC. omg!
can you bring your chickens inside your house next year? maybe in a basement if you have one?

If I knew that would have happened I would have. I’m a paramedic for Chicago, when I say it’s a war zone here, it is.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Broody mamas are great at their job. They even turn the eggs. They do go and get water and food and poop a BIG ol turd.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! Good luck to Mable and the hatch.

Next 4th of July, I think I'd bring the chickens into the house or put in your garage.