I know this post is old but it seemed like the place to post my chicken feather problems. I had 5 hens that were fine until early this year. One got eaten by a hawk in Feb. Shortly after, the other four started looking like they were molting but then I noticed their feathers weren't falling...
My daughter named our first 3 Red Stars Laura, Mary & Carrie (obviously a Little House on the Prairie fan at the time) and the next 2 were Katie & Sammi (after herself & her best friend at the time).
When I was a kid we had a hen named Henny Penny and a rooster that looked like a hen called...
Garage sales are a great source of useful items as well as goodwill/thrift stores. IMO, there's no reason to buy anything new these days (there's too much left at the city dump).
I buy in bulk and freeze a lot; only buy items on sale and plan my menus around what I have.
For holidays &...