Recent content by shangrawla

Thanks for all of the replies. I hope Wiz isn't a dude, as I've become quite attached to the little buggar! Never even thought of that as a possibility. Wouldn't it be obvious at this point if she/he was a rooster with all the noise and such? She can be quite noisy, but I wouldn't say it was...

I have four chickens. Two are seven months old and two are five months old. The younger ones, a Buff Orpington and a White Crested Black Polish, grew up together and were introduced to the other 2 (a Barred Rock and a Buff Brahma) at the same time. There was the normal pecking order to show that...

And the evil chicken killer!

And this pic of my buff orpington just makes me smile...

Sure. Here's the new babies... and then the teenage years... and the current 'do...

Thanks to everyone who posted such understanding replies/advice. I was so sad that I couldn't even get on this website for a few months. And it just now made me sad re-reading what happened So here's the update... my husband wanted to go the gun route (thanks again for all the gun specific...

I am so sad. I let my three, two-month old chickens out to roam around a bit when I got home from work around 5:00 last night, like I have been doing for a few weeks now because they love it so much. We live up in the Oakland Hills and have a large, fenced in yard with a couple of different...