Recent content by Gavia

Those guys and gals are all beauties! And yes, goats count too. <3

Today they got some assorted dried larvae, oats, kale, yogurt, and some tomato. My hen was just getting over eating something weird, so I kept her out of it.

Most dairy products (Cheese, Cottage Cheese, Yogurt, Sour Cream. Mine especially prefer the yogurt.) If you'd prefer greens, try kale, broccoli, water cress, or bok choy. Almonds and sardines help too, although the sardines will make the eggs taste fishy.

I thought I'd start a thread to post pictures of your prettiest and funniest hens/roosters. Have fun!

What gorgeous chicks! I love their names. May they be happy and healthy! <3

Bacon and Hot Sauce are Welsummers ( The Welsummer has a lighter head) and Little and Brown are Sussex. <3

You definitely have some Welsummers and Speckled Sussex, but it's very hard to tell gender at this age and from these photos. <3 They're adorable!

I have a beautiful Gold Brabanter girl named River

Cream Brabanter. Have one of the same ones.

I'm so sorry.

It might be a mutt, or mixed breed chicken. Do you have any more recent photos? It's easier to tell with grown up chickens. :)

The easiest way to deal with a predator is not to "deal" with it, but to eliminate it's point of entry. We live in their world too. So sorry about your hens. Same thing happened to me a few days ago. :(((

Ok. So this is a little bit long, but it's amazing. A few days ago, I went out to close up my chickens for the night. I peeked inside to make sure that they were all there, but I saw only three of the five. I was a little worried, but figured that they were just finishing up the food or getting...

Look for the saddle feather on her/his neck. If they are long and tapered, and the tail feathers are long and droop towards ground, then probably it's a male. Whatever it is, it's beautiful!