I introduced myself so long ago I think it's time to do it again. We have a small property here in Middle TN where we raise a flock of chickens. Along with the chickens we have one crazy dog, a billion birds living in the trees and a thriving garden (doing good this year!)
We began with a flock...
We've got a little Rhode Island Red as part of our flock. When we got her in March, she was a little puffball cheeper and now she's become a lovely....chicken! The older she's getting, the more we're wondering if she is a "he". She's much bigger than her sisters and also seems to be at the top...
One of our girls has a drooping wing. Just a drooping wing. Her feathers are fine. Comb looks good. Droppings look good. She's alert, eating, drinking and making plenty of noise. She was especially noisy when I came to refill the water. I guess they didn't want me to give them fresh water...
Our coop and run is built near a bunch of pine trees. Except on my property, you can't get away from bunches of pine trees dividing up the property. Of course, this means we have taken care of quite a few snakes hanging around the pine needle beds. We don't kill the non poisonous snakes, but the...
They're four weeks old and from what I understand, it's a bit hard to tell yet. But I think that little one on the far right might be a cockerel. It's bigger than the others and I see it's tail feathers curling much more than the others. I don't think you can see in the photo, but I can already...
Hi all. Thought I'd introduce myself. My husband and I bought a good piece of property last Summer and suddenly decided we had plenty of room for a small farm. Getting plants started wasn't hard. I'm a pretty experienced gardener. Chickens are the first animals and that is brand new to us. Both...