Oh man. I could've lost my whole flock today.
Was walking upstairs to hitch the laundry basket... looked outside...
Saw our Backyard GATE OPEN Saw a BIG GERMAN SHEPHERD near the fence
Looked everywhere for the chickens... couldn't FIND them
Ran outside, grabbed something to protect my...
Here I'll just be posting some pictures daily of my flock. These pictures are a nice keepsake for us.
{You'll notice one particular hen in most of these pictures }
{This is one of our favorites, a lovely picture featuring our *not* camera-shy girl, Cous.}
Hi all.
I noticed that 2 or 3 of my hens' poop is watery and kind of frothy.
I'm wondering if I should be worried, and it's health problem, if so, what could be wrong wit them, and what's should I do to help stop it..?
Thank you!
Hey all.
My Sussex speckled hen, Pearl just got up from lying down, I believe, and she kept her body low to the ground, and sidestepped, in a diagonal line. We think she had a pulled muscle, but is it something else..? She's fine now, but..
She has a permanent limp, so we're also wondering if...
*Not sure if this belongs here.*
My two adult girls are molting, which explains why we haven't got any eggs.
To help "speed up the process," we've heard that you can give them a nutritional diet for a few weeks or days which will give them a nutritional boost which will have them finish their...
Hello!
I'm one of the many thousand chicken keepers there are around the world, and like almost every other chicken keeper, I adore my hens and I love to spend time with them outside.
I have owned 14 hens and 1 (accidental) rooster in my years of chicken keeping.
Currently, I have 2 adult...