Reviews by Shadrach

It's fun.

I think this is the best article I've read on BYC this year. It's informative for all chicken keepers. There's interesting footage showing what feed pick up rate one can expect from an adult hen. I like the links. It's well written and deals with the subject in a humane, but realistic manner.
Not everyone is going to have the time, or patience to provide for a special needs chicken. Well done Perris for working the problems out.
I agree with letting her try to learn how to cope with as much freedom as possible and my fingers are crossed that she finds an empathetic friend apart from Perris.
Loved it.

I realise that it's time consuming, but pictures of all of these raptors in flight might be helpful.
Falcons here (Spain) will make a dive for chicks and small juvenile chickens. Mostly they are unsuccessful but worth noting.
Otherwise a great idea for an article and well put together.

Great article aart.

Really excellent article. Moulting step by step with pictures. Very informative for anyone who has concerns over a moulting hen and having a time line is a great idea.
Love the pictures. She's lovely.

Well done PapaJohns59.
I'll check the new thread out.

Good job. Short and sweet.

I enjoyed this article. I think many people start off with the idea of eggs and meat perhaps then find that it's the chicken that holds their interest. An egg is an egg when all's said and done.

A couple of my best middle aged hens died last year, not from old age but from predation and human stupidity.
One of them had never laid an egg in her life but was the rock that the rest of the tribe leaned on.
A free range dual purpose hen should have an average live span of 10 years given decent genes. Smaller lighter breeds that have had less human interference by breeders and hatcheries can live to 12 to 14 years old.
My last senior hen died at 11 years 4 months old.
Great article which I completely agree with.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Nothing more to add apart from thank you.

This is one of those rare articles everyone should read. It should be compulsory reading for every educator on BYC.
The picture and their sequencing are wonderful and if you've never seen the inside of a chicken before this article will help you place where things are and what they look like.
I can't recommend it highly enough.
Great job Mimi.
Below is a link to the thread that the article was taken from. This is also worth reading.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/possibly-an-internal-layer-graphic-pics.1296674/

Well I would like the article wouldn't I. Chicken behaviour is a subject that fascinates me.
I can recommend working through the video clips on By Bob's thread,
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fluffy-butt-acres-stories-of-our-flock.1286630/
There are some great chicken misbehavior clips in there.

I feel sorry for Butterscotch. She just sat down with thoughts of a bit of a rest from the day to day stuff and the next minute she's got an army! Chickens can count you know.
It's not something I would do but I loved the article.

I enjoyed this article. A rolling account of the lives of any creature if carefully observed can be very informative. A cut above the usual.

Great article. Particularly like that the author realises that ducks need to be able to get a lot of beak inti the waterer to clean their nostrils.

Lots of room. Lots of air and enough pictures.
My only concern is, is it secure from digging ground predators.

I don't like, or keep Silkies. I don't agree with showing chickens.
If you're not like me, and there are lots of you then this article is a must. The advice seems sound, the pictures are great and the article hangs together well.
If there was such a thing as a wet look Silkie I might change my mind.

Great to have pictures of the parasites.