There are two things I never imagined doing--being a grandma and raising chickens! But now I LOVE both! We had chickens when I was a kid, but there was definitely a "survival of the fittest" mentality regarding them--I don't ever remember anyone nursing a chicken. Well, I've nursed chickens...
Hello, I'm new to the site. It is too late to save my poor Dominique hen, Helen, but I wondered if anyone else had run across this and could tell me what had happened. She would have been 2 in June, so she was young and healthy. I let the flock out at 4:00 pm and she was fine. By which, I mean...