Ah, thank you so much for the reply. I felt terrible as I told her the beans are bad for the chickens and she started to cry thinking she had hurt them. :( Again, I appreciate the response, and will definitely use your "turn it into a positive" suggestion. :)
My little one just came in and informed me that she fed the chickens dried beans. I know that's a no no, but does it have to be a large quantity for it to effect them? We have 3 chickens and they probably only ate a couple beans each. I think they were beans from a green bean seed packet.
Thanks all! That's so funny. They sold it to us as a BO, and I thought for a while it was a rooster because it was so lanky and NOT fluffy. When we realized it was definitely a she, my mother was just referring to it as a runt. Also, she does not in any way fit the personality of a BO, hence I...
Thanks for the replies so far. I was out most of the day, so couldn't get a picture by dark. I'll post one in the morning. But yes she does have white ear lobes and she very much looks like the Buff Minorca in the picture in the link! I saw my mom's BO's again today and noted how their tails are...