Recent content by newchick2

Today I say goodbye to my OG Lady. She was the first chicken I ever learned to love and care for at 1 year old, 7 1/2 years ago. She made it through many harsh winters with me, and conquered some random sicknesses that hit my flock throughout the years. I was so hopeful for one more winter with...

She did! She started crying. She’s 6 and a total crazy chicken lady in the making, so she was completely beside herself that 1 - her chicken came back and 2 - she has her own babies!

No names yet. My daughter was already asleep when we found her, so I cannot wait for her to wake up tomorrow to this wonderful surprise! We will let her name them :love

I am so excited to post this. We have had chickens for 7 years; always getting chicks from hatcheries, or on the occasion, adopting a random chicken that shows up at our home. We just lost a couple of our hens the other weekend and I am still reeling in from that devastation. One of the chickens...

Following. One of my Pekins is doing the exact same thing, except her legs are straight. I’ve never experienced this in my ducks before.

I'm glad to have found others in the area near me. We would like to have BYC's but I am having a hard time finding out if this is allowed. We are moving to unicorporated Wauconda, BUT it is a McHenry address IN McHenry county... How is that for confusing? Anyway, I did a little research on the...