Recent content by Achio

6 out of 9 :celebrate

:welcome I'm new to this whole chicken thing too XD, but I've found that this page was really helpful. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens Also, I'd recommend buying %16 Layer Feed, so then you don't really need to give them cat food or...

:welcome I'm sorry to hear that! She's a gorgeous bird! Could it possibly be that she's egg bound? I'm new to keeping chickens (this is only my second year), but if she seems constipated she could possibly have an egg stuck. Here's a page on it...

She's gorgeous!! Congrats! (Sorry, No new layers for me....yet. )

They're so cute! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Mine's either Tots (like tater tots XD) the Golden Sex-Link or Kluck the Silver-laced Wyandotte. Kluck watches out for everyone but doesn't bully the others. Tots keeps everyone in order and pecks them. Tots doesn't bother Kluck 'cause Kluck's ultimately on top. :D

Stormy's such a gorgeous chicky! :D

My 9 wk pullet Vee (Short for Vivian?....) This is an older pic, her topknot's soooo much bigger now.

Somehow this makes me laugh. chicken.gif and this one lol :D chicken-gif-42.gif Oh my gosh. tumblr_lrh36xIHxi1qa48kd.gif

Bad news, we took her to the vet to attempt to find out what was making her sick. The vet called back yesterday morning and told us that she had Marek's. My mom took her to the Humane Society this morning to get her euthanized. :'(

Sadly, she's still not doing great. About two weeks ago I wormed, which made her seem more perked up; pecking fast enough to get food before the others. Today, though, I couldn't find her, and when I did she was standing in the coop, looking confused. So I brought her in the house for a few...

Ok! Thank you! That really helps. :)

Mine love dandelions and willow leaves.

Well, I'm getting 4 new bitties today! I've been 'cleaning' (rinsing with water and letting dry in the sun) their brooder, waterer, and feeder. Back in August, my family made the mistake of not fully examining two adult hens that we bought off of Craigslist. They had both worms and lice. So we...

Congrats on the chicks!! When I've raised chicks, I haven't really put down newspaper. (And the chicks seemed fine) But, quote from website on raising chicks, Bedding: Pine shavings in general are the best materials, but in the first week or so, we like newspapers with a layer of paper...