Recent content by brekke69

It sounds like this girl has gone through a lot of stress losing her friend. Now you want to stress her more sticking a feed tube down her throat? I say spend more time with her and give her treats she loves and help her gain weight. Get rid of the expensive carpeting and the husband, or find...

Chickens have such different personalities. Each girl acts differently when laying. I have 4 RIRs - had 4, Kitiara passed away June 1st from a lung fungus. She was only 4 years old. Kitiara loved to lay her eggs on my pillow; even if I am still sleeping there! She just chitters and bumps my head...

I love Bella. She is the best mom to any critter, I can tell. My Shim was raised by me and co-mom Pickles, a male guinea pig. I bet Bella would even raise a guinea pig. Thanks for all your pics. They always make my day.

No dog or human will save a chicken from a hawk or other air predator. We have had 2 attacks on our chickens with dogs and humans in the yard at that time. In one attack our 116 pound German Shepard and two 17 pound Pomeranian were running up and down the fence line barking loudly playing with...

I wish I had picture or video of her chasing the bugs to share. Shim, my oldest and bravest (or dumb) hen follows my guy when he mows the lawn. She gets all the bugs the mower displaces. She has no fear of the loud motor. The other 3 hens run into the house to hide as soon as he starts it up...

What a great idea for safe travel! I have a stroller, made for small dogs or cats, I take my girls for walks with our dogs. They really don't seem to mind being in a moving cart. It only seats 2, but I will have to remember this design if I want to travel farther with more hens. The neighbors...

What a great idea! I like your repurposed material coop.

too cute. the diapers sound great for chicks. would a no-sew diaper hold up to an adult RIR? this one was made of a material that was too slick and keeps sliding off of her even though the flaps are pinned. I do not like the idea of a sharp, even a baby diaper pin, being on my girl. I found...

I sleep with chickens too, and cats, dogs, whatever fits. when you get up pee, do you have to fight for your spot back?

We rescued Ruby and Poppy last May. Ruby had been attacked by a dog and the previous owner did nothing for days (except wash and dry her car gently with a soft towel!) Ruby had surgery to remove necropsied flesh and reattach the muscle to her leg. She was laying eggs within the month. A real...

WARING! NO CAT FOOD (WET OR DRY) NO CAT TREATS! WARING! I've been there, done that. My Kitiara (RIR) stopped "packaging her eggs". I mean the white and yellow came out and a thing that looked like a crumpled up piece of paper, which was really the shell. I do not feed my chicks cat food...

Now that Bella is a star, are the other hens asking for her autograph? You always have such beautiful chick pics. Thanks for sharing.

Try whatsthatbug.com. I identified many insects from that site. If your girls did not eat it they probably know better, it could be toxic.

My girls are on a jungle adventure; hunting panthers. Or, maybe they are just being lazy on my bed because it's too hot outside?

Boy do I have complainers! Shim and Kitiara sleep with me at night. I toss and turn a lot. This wakes them and I get angrily chirped at; if I'm too restless I get a low growl. I didn't know chickens would growl until I heard Kitiara growling at Roland (bearded dragon) for eating out of her food...