Recent content by ilief

Yeah, I flagged it and emailed the coop builder.

My local craiglist has a number of ads for ready made chicken coops or tractors. Most of them way over estimate how many hens there coops will house. When one ad claimed that his 4x4 coop could house 12 chickens, I thought it was a typo and he/she meant to say 1-2 chickens. But then the same...

looks like nothing but hen to me.

I have never had any of my dogs bother my chickens. I currently have 13 chicks in my basement and my 130 pound dog sleeps right next to them. He occasionally nudges them curiously, and licks up a little of their food, but nothing else. And BTW, I feed my dog raw chicken every day! You have to...

"weird" eggs aren't that common. They are just an interesting, occasional occurance. I usually dont eat the first few eggs from a first time layer, they tend to have lots of interesting little addons, that I dont find appealing, I cook those up for my dog. Soon enough, they get the kinks worked...

There is a saying, "Whistling girls and crowing hens Always come to some bad ends." So yes, some girls can whistle (not me) and some hens can crow.

Years ago I had a black banty hen that would crow occasionally. The first time i saw it, i did not believe my eyes, and then i started watching her like a hawk. She didn't do it often, and never in the morning like a rooster would, just at random times. She also raised two clutches of chicks and...