Recent content by Hannah'sPlaidChickens

While watching a show a few nights ago called "The Great Race" (anybody familiar with this show?) I was very upset to see how the people, who were racing through a place in Africa, treated the animals. First they had to capture a chicken, and place it in a mesh bag. The chickens were sometimes...

Yeah I have a standard Rhode Island Red rooster, and she being only a cornish game bantam, but I know she can do it because she hatched a single chick this summer out of him. I usually only let nature take its course, by not taking eggs, moving eggs, taking chicks, or hatching the eggs myself...

The only hen who I have ever had who: 1. Can repeatedly get out of my coop 2. Is completely independent from the rest of the flock 3. Is a bantam, yet remains the alpha female, and, 4. Is sought after consantly by my standard breed rooster (who will snuggle with her at night, find food for her...

I would start out with a hula hoop placed firmly on the ground. Place it between yourself and the chickens, one hand on top of it holding it down and balanced. When your chickens approach, feed them goodies when they step through the hoop to you. It took me about two weeks of doing this EVERY...

Quote: Blue Moon- You're idea is even better then mine! You know how there are those big white dogs that guard sheep? There should be chicken ones! Great idea! I wonder how that could be done...

You are very lucky to have met a breeder! My friend bought two tiny newly hatched Dragons from Petco, and he also purchased an already set-up tank that was supposed to be "the perfect enclosure". The babies ended up eating some of the fake moss, and dying. My experience of baby dragons has been...

I have raised twelve pinkie feeder rats.They are really hard to raise as babies! But it sounds like you aren't planning on raising babies, just purchasing some young boys. Anyway I love rats, and enjoy having them as pets. I used just a small wire cage with two floors, but I was able to teach my...

you're so lucky to have suck a laid back flock! When I once introduced the first ever clutch of chicks with mama, I thought all was well. When I left for school one day, I came home to find only four of six had even made it through the day. Now my hens are used to the babies however, and I can...

Just wondering if there are any people out there who have trained their dogs to herd their chickens I know it sounds so stupid, but I really want to train my dog to do this. He's already learned to move slowly, and circle them ti tighten the circle. I don't need him to actually herd them, just...

My chickens can all jump through a hola hoop. I'm trying to get them trained to just jump through when I call their specific name, but it's not going to well. Instead when I come into the coop with the hoop they whole flock usually justs rushs to jump through the hoop to get their treat. It was...

I used the bands you poated on your first topic, and they worked very well for me. They didn't get tightened, but were water-proof and loose, and stood up to the climates. However my problem came when it was time to take them off. I almost had a panic attack because I couldn't get them off. I...

I usually let my hens do most of the weaning. If I try to wean before the hen thinks its time, she usually freaks out. Of course, your hen is ovbiously trying to wean them herself, so I would say yes, it is time. I usually use my broody pen to do the job; by placing the chicks inside it and...

1. My bag for school is an adorable print of eggs, with roosters along the top and bottom. 2. My two binders are decked out, one with pictures on the front and back of all my chickens, and the other with vegetarian facts and reasons to not support the meat industry. 3. Every single day I...

OOOOPPPPSSSS! In my last post I said the hen stopped laying... what I meant was she doesn't lay until she has the chicks. Most hens lay eggs and then just go broody, but she simply doesn't lay until she feels ready. And I think its a little strange that she doesn't lay for months at a time and...

for halloween I was Cat in the Hat, and my two dogs (golden retriever and Min Pin) were thing one and thing two. We won the Petco Pet Costume Contest. Good times...