Recent content by ky chicks

I looked, but didn't see a rule about giving away pets here, so: ALL ads must be in the Buy/Sell/Auction section in the proper format, please.

I was hoping to avoid putting a fence around it, since I need to get the garden cart in there fairly regularly. I thought if I let him just eat it a few times, it would lose its appeal, but he always runs straight out there!

We have a 6-month-old puppy who insists on eating from the compost. We have kept him on a leash whenever we take him outside for a long time to prevent him from going under the fence into the neighbor's yard, and to keep him out of the compost. We have since fixed the fence to keep him in the...

I'm afraid there was an injury to one of my other girls during the attack. Here is my EE. Her left wing is drooping. I noticed it yesterday when I checked them all over, but she was flapping and flying fine, and didn't act like it bothered her. I'm worried since it is still droopy. What do...

Yesterday afternoon I was on my way home, when my husband called and told me, "Bad news! There's a hawk in the pen and it killed one of the chicks! Where are you?" I was only about a minute from the house, so they waited for me before doing anything else. When I got there, I ran to the coop...

I have had chickens for over 2 years with no problems at all. Last month, one of 6 shipped chicks died the day after we got them. The worst part? It was the one my 7-year-old son picked out as his as soon as we opened the box. Last week, I got 3 chicks for a broody, and they died one day at...

No eggs were under her! We don't have a roo, so I collected eggs every day. These were flea market chicks that I got for her so I wouldn't have to break her broodiness, and she was so good with adopted chicks last summer. These chicks were active and loud when I got them. I thought I had read...

Last year I had a broody who was a fantastic mother to 5 adopted chicks. She has been broody again since last month, so I decided to get her a few chicks. I got 3 chicks, snuck them under her at night, and checked on them in the morning. All was well, with all 3 snuggled up under her, and she...

I wouldn't do it unless she is staying on the nest and is truly broody. I did give chicks to a hen who had been broody for a few weeks, and she did great!

OK. Here are lots of pictures! First, what I think are the speckled sussex. There are 2 of these. Double laced barnevelder? There is only 1, but I ordered 2. First mystery chick. Should be another barnevelder or EE. Last one! I thought with only 6 chicks it would be easy to...

Sorry--I thought I put in a clickable picture so you could make it bigger. Let me try this again. Better?

Yesterday I received my order of 6 chicks from My Pet Chicken. I ordered 2 Speckled Sussex, 2 Double Laced Barnevelders, and 2 Easter Eggers, one of which was dead this morning:(. I know EE's may not look alike, but I should have 2 pairs that look alike. I think I've id'd the 2 Speckled...

Last year I put 5 chicks I hatched in an incubator under a broody hatchery BO, and she was wonderful! I snuck them under her late at night, then went out to check on them early in the morning so I was sure they would be there when she woke up. When I went out that morning, she must not have...

My chickens cross our creek all the time. Sometimes they use the bridge, and sometimes they just fly--depending on where they are when they decide they want to be on the other side!

I'm from northern KY and went to school in Bowling Green, and now live near Owensboro. My husband and I (boyfriend at the time) moved to Birmingham and Tuscaloosa AL for grad school. If you think it's hot and humid here, don't even consider AL! I could not be convinced to go back there!