Recent content by MedfordChick

This thread was the first result that came up in my search. After reading it, I thought it may be helpful to add that it could be wry neck, in the event someone else also had this pop up searching similar terms I did. That way they can treat the wry neck, and aren’t thinking their chicken has...

This sounds more like wry neck than a stroke.

Thanks guys. Dar, that is something to consider using the dog crate, like a pen within the pen. Other ideas I have run accross: -Sneak the chicken in overnight, that way she'll just be there in the morning. -Put all the chickens in a completely different coop. They will be so worried about...

As far as I know wood ashes or diatomaceous earth are used to prevent parasites from infesting your birds, including mites and lice. I've never heard of anyone selling it, but maybe you would have luck finding it in the gardening section since people use wood for garden fertilizer. It isn't...

We have 3 Americauna hens in our little city flock. This spring, we got a fourth chicken, a rhode island red that we named Polly, since our city allows up to 4 hens. We have been raising her apart from the flock because we didn't want her to get picked on since she was just a little chick. We...

Have you changed their diet at all? We were feeding our hens a laying mix. When we went to buy more, the store we get our feed from was out of laying mix, so we had to buy a bag of brioler feed. Within days, they were irritable and our littlest hen was getting picked on. When we finally were...

Well, I've never slept with my chicken or watched tv with it, so you might be a little sillier You have a basket that you carry your chickens in? And they are content with that? I don't know if ours would like that or not. I want to take them for a walk, and thought about getting a...

I found some more ideas searching online: •Mirrors can keep the chickens occupied for a time, though be cautious that they won't attack it hard enough to break it •A Sunflower hung in the coop makes for great fun •Some parrot toys can be fun for our bigger feathered friends •Insects, bugs...

Thank you for all of your replies and ideas, I am looking forward to trying these out with the girls! It sounds like food is a good source of entertainment for chickens. And GarlicEater, I had no idea that chickens ate nuts. Do you think they'd like peanuts in the shell? I go into their...

Quote: lol Thank you for the ideas (and the laugh).

This is the size of their run.

Hi, we live in the city, so we can't let our chickens wander about freely. This means that in the winter they are generally confined to their coop and small run, since we can't move their tractor around the yard in the winter. They are doing well and all, but I feel sorry for them sometimes...

I have three americaunas. They do lay very pretty eggs, so I don't blame you for not sharing! One of my girls lays blue-ish colored eggs, the other is greenish, and our smallest hen lays pink eggs.

And thank you from the girls too!

Thank you for the warm welcome! There are 4 city council members who really need to be voted out! The only problem is, so few people are willing to run for city council, so often times, there is noone running against them. The city council members from my district were in favor of keeping the...