Recent content by Miks

:hugsI’m so delighted by all of your responses! Thank you so very much for sharing each of your precious stories and experiences for all of us to enjoy and learn from! I think I will go outside now, in the cold, and sit with my precious girls! I will take them some special treats for being such...

:hugsDearest BarredRockMom, Thank you for such a thorough and delightful explanation of your experiences with your girls! I loved the way you explained the relationships! While reading my head was saying, “Yes, Yes”, because I had experienced something similar. My eyes teared up at your losses...

So what’s the most amazing affectionate memory you all have with one ( or more) of you chickens?

Thank you Peepsi! I will!:love

I thought it was the norm because I spent so much time with her when she had PAsty Butt. But when I brought 3 pullets home and it happened again it seems this is a thing with hens. They get REALLY attached and affectionate. They ignore other family members so neither of them is affectionate with...

Henry is adorable!

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:love I would but I’m not allowed to have a Roo!

Whew, I really thought I did something wrong! thanks so much! I’ve been accused of being a chicken whisperer! :frow LOLOLOL

So I now have a little more than a year under my belt raising chickens. My first year I purchase BSLs and one had one with pasty butt. I spent a great deal of time daily cleaning her vent. The other birds seemed to realize something was wrong with her. As an adult hen that lays beautiful eggs...

I don’t have a YouTube account. Could you see the pictures?

Here are two more photos.

So I couldn’t upload the video so I took snapshots of the hawk just before it hit the coop from the video so I could share them here. I hope this works. This is the photo of it swooping in. I placed an arrow over it.

So just had an attack by a huge hawk on my coop. It flew into the screen hard but the hardware cloth didn’t even budge (I used screws and reinforced it everywhere). Then it walked behind the new addition out of site then attempted to break in again in the same location. When it all failed my...

Our chicken palace consists of pavers as the flooring. I leveled the ground and built it over the pavers. The base is built on 8”x2”. I filled the floor with sand and mixed in some diamatous earth. The coop floor also has the same mix. I simply drilled holes in a horse scoop and scoop the sand...