Recent content by amemendoza

I had one that looked just like that and named her Artemis. It can be used for males or females, even though its a Goddess name. I named all my hens and roosters when they were a few weeks old so I always picked names that could be changed.

Thanks for all your help. She is fine now. We found out that a caretaker of an empty lot where many animals graze, who obviously is not familiar with the area, put an herbicide down to limit the growth. Where I live everyone has livestock and many allow free range. As a courtesy, we all let...

I use crumbles when my chickens were babies and for hatchlings, but mostly my chickens eat everything. I dont waste food in my house and all of the scraps that I dont use or have leftover go to the animals. They have a variety of vegetables, proteins, and grains, but they seem to prefer my dogs...

I have four dogs (labs and a Golden) and many chickens. We had that problem in the beginning and my husband trained them to stay away from the chickens. He put the chickens in their mouth forcibly and then spanked them. Neither the chicken or the dogs had any lasting harm done. They now all eat...

Her eyes seem to be clear and she walks fine although she was born with one foot deformed. I am thinking that perhaps she is going blind. I put food in a bowl for her and when she actually gets it in her mouth she eats fine and she drinks wáter, but I dont know what else to do. I have her...

Help! My favorite speckled hen that I have had since she was only a week old has some type of neurological problem. It apparently is affecting her eating. When I give her food, even from my hand, she doesnt seem to be able to get it. It takes a lot of tries and her head is all over the place...