Hi. I have one hen who has recently developed swelling only on the upper portion of her eye. Her other eye is fine and there is no sneezing, running, or anything else wrong with her. She eats well, appears active, but does seem to be in pain as she makes a high pitched scream once or three...
Hi. My sister gave me a rescue chicken last year around October. She was pecked bald down to the skull but now has all her skin grown back and her feathers except for a strip--kind of like a mohawk with no hair...erp. Feathers. Just pink/red skin. She is isolated by herself. She has just...
My chicken, The Buttercup(she has earned the title, The)...
The other day, I found myself painting my nails the gold dust color that must have been around for decades. I needed to do it for other reasons. Anyway, afterward I went out to tend to The Buttercup. Omg. She kept her beady eyes on...
Hi! I was wondering if anyone wanted to share some ideas on anything, anything they've done around the house, self, pets, etc. that fall into that category. For instance, I had a door from garage to side garden that got broken and replaced three times. After the third time, I decided to hide...
Yet again, a new challenge...but I think she is thinking about it and she'll probably ramp it up a notch and catch me unaware.
Buttercup lives (right now) in a skykennel pet (think dog or cat) "house" in my cat garden. She is there because of a horrendous injury to her head involving loss of...
Hi. Just joined. I was impressed with all the information I have been able to obtain by reading the threads on this site. I am new to chickens. I have two, one just started to lay, the other is still too young. I've learned here that actually they are pullets as they are not a year old yet...