Last year we adopted and hand raised three little Buff Orpington chicks who we named Lois, Francine, and Donna. Donna turned out to be a Donald and so we had to give him away , luckily we found a farmer who needed another rooster and was intrigued by our Donald who was hand raised by two young...
Last summer, nine months ago, we adopted a couple of day old Buff Orpington pullets that we named Lois and Francine. A couple of weeks ago Francine became ill and Lois died suddenly. Lab tests on Lois' liver showed that she died from a mycotoxin associated with peanuts, and indeed the previous...
Greetings! My name is Amy Chickie, I'm originally from the SF Bay Area (Napa Valley) and moved a few years ago to the Boise, Idaho area (Treasure Valley).
I copied and pasted the New Member template and added my answers to the questions:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...