Recent content by corrie992

Yeah, we figured he got chased off by his daddy or some other older male (s), he had to have come from at least a couple miles away.

Assorted, right now some RIRs, some white hens that a school class hatched out, a couple old banty hens and an old friendly white cochin rooster.

My mom and I have kept peafowl for maybe 20 years and chickens for longer. The chickens have a coop, and the peas are free range, probably because our first was a 3-4 year old IB male that showed up on our back porch in early winter if I remember correctly. I just remember looking out back and...

Our india blue hen hatched out her clutch less than 2 weeks ago, and she has been limping, has dark patches between her toes, and is trying to walk on tip toe. This happened to a lesser extent last year, but she's a cautious mom and we didn't want to stess her by catching her to treat it. Its...