Recent content by ctomsheck

Thank you for the suggestions. Last night she spent the night in the bathtub, and today she stayed in my bedroom, and spent a little time outside sitting in the grass. I have a little wire rabbit cage that we use for a broody breaker that I can keep her in for 5 day runs. I will call our...

To the best of my knowledge Phoebe is 2 years old. She was given to me last summer when her owner had a stroke and was no longer able to care for her. I do think it is possible that she jumped off a roost she was not accustomed to roosting on, and her being a large bird and the roost being...

Yesterday morning I checked on my hens and although there was a light rain, all were happily foraging except my Lt Brahma, Phoebe, who was just sitting on the deck in the rain, soaking wet. I scooped her up and brought her inside, wrapped her in a towel and held her until she warmed up. When I...

I know I'm late chiming in, but I've been a customer for years with NO complaints. There are places closer that I could go to, but I ENJOY my visits to their store!!

I started raising chickens last summer wth my small mixed flock of seven; six hens and one rooster. Three of the girls love to fly over our six foot fence and lay in creative places. When my Cuckoo Maran started staying on her nest in the garage instead of rejoining the group at night, I tried...

Thank you, everyone, for your warm welcome and advice. I will try coaxing them into the coop earlier, and if that doesn't work rather quickly, I will add a wing trim.

Hello, this is my first posting on BackYardChickens. I am very new to this whole chicken thing, and am going to have to do a lot of learning as I go. I live in Western Washington and have six young chickens, the first three we got almost two months ago, and the next three we got yesterday...