I’m excited! A local radio show has invited me to be on their show to discuss the benefits of backyard chicken keeping and want the Guests of Honor to be my chickens!!! The radio show is also video taped and put on YouTube.
So....should I bring a couple of my friendliest girls? I have 4...
Okay, here’s one for you. 11 weeks old tomorrow. Feather pattern just like my buff EE I had previously that I worried was a cockerel until she laid a pretty turquoise egg.
Praying this one is a pullet. This is the one that keeps jumping on my lap and today jumped on my moving hand.
I’m so excited! Three times now my Ameraucana, Sansa has surprised me and jumped right into my lap while I was sitting in the chicken run. I’ve been hand raising my new flock and they are all pretty tame so far. They are 11 weeks old this week and doing well.
I have been sitting in a plastic...
Hi! I’ve had chickens for 3.5 years. My first flock of 9 were all killed by a neighbor dog back in Feb this year. Have a new mixed flock of 10.5 week olds.
I read somewhere at the beginning of my chickenkeeping journey that dry leaves on a dirt run mimick the forest floor, the natural habitat...
Hi! This has been the same for about 1 month. This is my 10.5 week old Australorp and her neck (right above where her neck meets her body) has a bare spot with feathers that look like they are coming in but bare underneath.
Hard to get a good photo, but see if this helps.
Is she okay? She...