Articles by Pennyhibbitts

MOTHERHEN TRIES TO HATCH AN EGG! OF ALL THE THINGS IN THE WORLD I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER DO..HATCHING AN EGG WOULD PROBABLY BE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST! CREAMY CHICKEN (WHITE ROCK HEN) I RESCUED CREAMY FROM A COMMERCIAL EGG PRODUCER..SHE WAS CONSIDERED "SPENT" AND THEY THREW HER IN THE TRASH, I...

OH NO! MICE IN THE HEN HOUSE! LAST FALL WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OUT THE SHED TO MAKE IT INTO A HEN HOUSE. THE GIRLS AND ROOS WERE ALREADY STAYING IN THERE WITH ALOT OF HAY AND NEST BOXES. I ALSO PUT AN ELECTRIC HEATER IN A CAGE IN THE HEN HOUSE. AS I WAS CLEANING I FOUND AN OLD...

OUR LITTLE CHICKEN FARM MOTHERHEN ROOSTER JOHN RACHAELROBBIE JOBRITTANY CORBIN ETHAN AND CORBIN CHILLIN' SPOT OUR HOUSE FIRST SUNFLOWERS HEN HOUSE COUNTRY GRAVY CREAMY CHICKEN BETTY JO...

Brewster the Rooster fights the snake! I am having a lot of problems with uploading pictures and using this program to put information on this site. However, that is not the issue today. I want to tell you a story about Brewster the Rooster. Our very first rooster. One day my neighbor...

The Mysterious Robin I had quite a shock yesterday morning when I awoke...I have a pet rooster who is incredibly spoiled that sleeps in my room at night. He usually sits on his perch by the window to watch the sun come up. He crows at 9:00 as per his training. He comes when I call him and...

Space Heater in the Hen house Warning: Not a recommended source of heat! Hello again everyone. I have been out of pocket for awhile..started attending online school and it was harder than I thought but I must have a knack for it I got A's and B's so far, so good.I was born in Wisconsin and have...

OUR LITTLE CHICKEN FARM BY : MOTHER HEN-PENNY NO MORE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME...

GOT NEW CHICKS? PLEASE READ THIS! DANGEROUS BEDDING WARNING! I have two new chicks February and Fluffy. A few days after we brought them home I noticed that Fluffy was listless, not eating and fluffed up sitting by herself. I proceeded to examine her. She had a piece of pine bedding stuck...

How I got Rid of Elly Mae's Eyeworms! Elly Mae is a very tiny adult Partridge Bantham, (12 oz). When I acquired her last spring she was infected with eyeworms. I caged her. I used every treatment I could find, including the RX but to no avail..the eyeworms were surrounding her eye and a huge...

Potty Training Chickens! By Penelope Dean Hibbitts 2010 Hello Folks, Motherhen here! I have discovered a way to paper train and housebreak my chickens! The experiments have been successfull! I started griping loudly at the hens and roo's everytime one of them went to potty and immediatly...