midnight was so beautiful! im sure she loved you so much, and held on as long as she could to be with you. i recently lost one of my lavender orpington hens the day after christmas and i still cry about her every night in bed. but my first hen that passed made me inconsolable. she was a fluffy...
rosa looks adorable! i’ve always wanted to have some silkies of my own, they have such big personalities and are so fun to be around. my lavender orpington, kumo, loves to go on walks! we went on walks around our neighborhood all the time. sometimes, we’d even go to the park and she’d love to...
i hope your chicken is doing okay, 8 years old is very old for a chicken! you must’ve taken good care of her. i hope the new year is treating you well @Searingstallion
he actually has calmed down! the other rooster now is actually kinda feisty. we’re waiting to see if maybe his hormones will calm down, because we’re thinking maybe he was just later than his brother. also, our 2 bantam hens are laying now! so i think the roosters are a bit more aggressive due...
good news, we were able to rehome our older rooster to someone who will take good care of him. the two roosters have stopped fighting. they kinda just mind their own business now. the bantams are fully integrated with the standard hens, they share the backyard now! the hens sometimes peck at...
i’ll keep sneaking around! it’s very hard though, her little friend (the little brown bantam peeking her head out in the photos) is a very attentive chicken and alerts her big friend since she can’t see well with her hairdo
she’s usually in the dirt, but i’ve kept that bag of potting soil there because she loved sitting on it when i repotted some roses. her neck hangs off the bag though, lol. she’s beautiful, but we have to trim her hair reaaally short around her face because she can’t see that well otherwise. i...
i have this one quirky polish pullet whos about 16 weeks old, she’s always done this thing where whenever she takes a nap during the day, she’s splayed out and her face is in the dirt. i’ve never seen any other one of my chickens do this. she will be completely content, wings out, legs splayed...
i don’t think they attack each other in the coop, because they’re usually sleeping or eating, but maybe during the night they might bite each other ? i see it most often during the day, he’ll chase everyone and bite and rip feathers. i feel like now he’s eyeing me as his next target lol. i’ll...
they have a little pen to sleep in at night. during the day, they free range in our backyard, albeit our backyard is still split in half because we’re still trying to introduce them to the rest of our flock slowly. they have more than enough space, so i know space isn’t the issue. i’m fine with...
hello, i recently got some chicks from a straight run bin at the farm store. two ended up being male, and two ended up being female. the two males are bantam self blue d’uccles and the females are a bb oeg and a standard size silver laced polish. from when they were chicks, we always noticed...
kumo, my hen that originally inspired me to make this post, is still a very loving and gentle baby ! she just turned two years old this month! i hope she knows how special she is, and she is a wonderful example of the reality of having chickens as pets
these chickens are my first lol, i raised her from a chick. she’s always been the most skittish, but she still loves to follow me around. i’m very excited that they will turn 2 years old this summer ! i’m so happy they’ve made it another year , especially with the weird weather and the bird flu...