We found a chicken roaming "the wrong part of town" as far as chickens are concerned. In a mountainous area & it being about dusk, we knew this chicken wouldn't make it through the night in the wild with such a healthy raccoon/cyote population. Unfortunately we are not aloud to have roosters in...
Thank you so much for following through on this post! I have a chick the same age in the same sneezing situation. Mine moved from paper towels to hemp bedding yesterday. She is lively and full of spunk but I will keep a very close eye on her <3 Your story calms my racing thoughts & gives me hope!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for the picture 😍😍 They look so happy! I am so glad to hear that travels went well and they are settling in to being sweet & loving chickens 🥰🥰
This is a post of pure joy, anticipation and excitement.
I am picking up 3 black sexlink, 3 white austras, and one Bielefelder in the morning. My grandpa (who is secretly a chicken lover underneath his tough guy persona) will be joining me for the one hour drive to the hatchery.
I worry I...
Thank you SO much <3 I will do the calcium tablet with vitamin D pronto! They are eating IFA Organic 16% Soy-Free Poultry Pellets. I'm not sure about them being exposed to infectious bronchitis as chicks, but it is definitely possible.
Lost 2/4 chickens within a month and now shelless eggs? Please help me solve the mystery!
It has been a rough month for the Zinnia Hens.
We started the month with a flock of 4 hens. They were hand-me-down chickens from my brother-in-law. He and his kids raised them from chicks. Spring of 2023...
I have two lovely (hand-me-down) hens and 6 chicks coming in May! Our family is thrilled and can hardly contain our excitement to bring these chicks to our backyard flock. I love getting to know each hen and watching my family grow right alongside our flock. One of my favorite things about my...