Recent content by Kylling

i finally popped back in after hmmmmm ... like 10yrs??? thanks to everyone who tolerated me in 2013 lol after 25yrs of her owning chickens, i finally got my mom her dream breeds for christmas (silkies, frizzles) and they'll be coming in july. so excited! they'll be added to our current...

Insulation really isn't a necessity unless there are drafts for wind to blow through. Our barn has never been insulated, and the chickens have been fine. But, the one winter we let an open window stay open because we didn't have the material to fix it, we lost a record number of chickens that...

Awh, look at those fluffy little legs! I'm jealous. ;) Have fun with them.

Being blind could certainly be a handicap, but there is every possibility that she will be able to live a happy and fulfilled life, even without being able to see. If she just has dirt in her eyes, then flushing them out, like SquishyChick suggested, will definitely help. If she scratched her...

Recently, my family and I have decided to switch from manually feeding our chickens to leaving food out for them to eat in, say, a trough. I was wondering if anyone had any helpful ideas for the best way to do this. We have had a major problem with rats in the past, and don't want them to come...

Perhaps she scratched it. You say she doesn't have any visible injuries. Was she doing anything different before you found her? Did she somehow hurt herself, though you can't find any wounds? I'm thinking that maybe she got something in it. There doesn't have to be dirt around the immediate...

My father is a mechanic, and very good with his hands, so he often builds our nesting boxes and coops by scratch. We have five very good nesting boxes made of simple boards to form a box shape. He also built our Silkies' coop / nesting box. It has a decently sized ramp with some roofing...

Congratulations! That first egg is always a milestone, haha. ;) Here's to many more years of egg-laying.

Yeah, this pretty much sums up what you should do. She probably pulled a muscle or something if her bones don't feel broken. Good luck with your injured hen!

"Well, one of us is going to have to change."

Yikes, this doesn't sound like a pretty sight at all. I'd ask for pictures, but I'd rather not, haha. Like bobthebunny asked, what was she doing the night before she died? I've never heard of a chicken passing in such an unusual way before. I wish you luck.

Sometimes, if a chicken poops out blood, it could mean internal bleeding. Was your chicken injured recently in any way? Did she suffer any falls? When a chicken excretes blood, it's definitely not normal. It could just be a temporary thing, but better safe than sorry, eh? Good luck.

This sounds like a funny trait. One or two of my own chickens have done this, and they might just be looking at something. Chickens are strange creatures.

Oh, my gosh, this sounds really, really scary. I know nothing of this illness, unfortunately, but I do wish you the best of luck! Have you tried looking the symptoms up on the Internet? Surprisingly, it's helped me a lot to do that.

Oh, wow, congratulations! They're so cute! <3