Recent content by Kiariana

So it's been a while and I was pretty worried about Chippy for a number of reasons. She was already in the middle of a molt and then the injury happened, and then she got sour crop as well 😫 I ended up putting her in the crate and putting it in the middle of the run, covering the top and back...

The last hen I put in the dog crate spent all her time running back and forth in front of the entrance, even though the crate was in the run. Right now the injured one is just putting around like usual, but less energetic. She's also going through a rough molt so it's hard to say how much of...

It just seems swollen, it isn't hot to the touch or anything. It seems pretty shallow too, it's more the amount of swelling and stiffness of the area that concerns me. It's at least a couple days old now. I don't have a rooster, and I haven't seen any pecking but I don't spend more than a couple...

One of my molting hens has a scabbed wound on her butt, where she's started molting. I think it is probably from picking and already sprayed the birds with stop-pick, but the area is swollen and firm to the touch. I want to make sure this isn't something to worry overmuch about. I've given her a...

Can confirm, my family has been keeping our hen's eggs, unwashed, on the counter for almost a year now and all but one or two has been fine and still as delicious as ever. I've definitely eaten ones stored at room temperature for at least a month, haven't noticed a difference. I read this...

Week 6: The ducklings are around 7 weeks old. Wing feather growth is showing. Now that the birds have proper feathers on the top of their heads, you can seeing them raising it in alarm or surprise or whatever they happen to be feeling. They're absolutely beautiful to look at and watch as they...

The Mama Heating Pad is like an improvised heating plate. The weather here is quite warm right now! Days vary from 18-30°c, nights maybe 15. When I first got the chicks and it was spring temps it was dipping down much lower at night, getting quite chilly. I was always fretting about them at...

Aw, they're beautiful! What kind of chickens are they?

Week 5: The feathering continues, creeping up their sides and from the base of the wings. Flight feather quills are poking out. The black ones have some beautiful iridescence on the wings and back, shining green and pink.

I wanted to create a timeline of my Muscovy ducklings growing and feathering out, and to share my pictures with everyone ;) We got the ducklings May 21st and were told they were a week old. Probably give or take a couple days, I didn't ask the exact date of hatching. Week 1: This is the first...

Hi all! I'm a new chicken owner living in BC, Canada. I've wanted chickens for years and years, but didn't have the ability to keep them. I used to come onto the backyard chicken website years ago and read about chicken keeping, dreaming of the day I'd be able to keep my own! Luckily for me, I...