Today when we went out to close the chicken coop we found our tan chicken we got this spring on the floor being lethargic and she has a blueish tint to her comb. She is obviously not feeling well.
It has snowed all day long and they did not really come out of the coop today, I did not shovel it...
So I am "less than legal", I live in city limits and I am not ignorant of the laws.
I live on over an acre, on the edge of the city. My neighbors all have 1+ acres and I know them pretty well.
My Mother is on one side of me, I grew up there and I know her neighbors and their neighbor "muscle car...
I just found out there is a city council meeting tonight, a small group of local folks have been pushing to get our local ordinance changed. I would like to attend the meeting and hopefully express my discontent with our current ordinance. I am not great with words and I really do not want to...
So I will start from the beginning.
I have 9 chickens total 7 various chickens and 2 EE's, We really like the 2 EE's they act a little wild and seem to have alot of personality. (my girlfreinds is the white one, mine is the other one.)
So we had never had any issue with the chickens attacking...
I wanted to share my coop desighns and show the progress I have made as a chicken owner.
First a little history.
I suddenly became a chicken owner about a year and a half ago, my younger sister moved from the city out to the country and got like 20 chickens. My sister is pretty flighty, and her...
We had to say goodbye to our first Rooster yesterday. We kept him as long as we could and it was a pleasure haveing him, but we simply could not have him where we live.
He started to get louder and more aggresive taward me and the chickens (not my girlfreind though). I do live on a ocuple of...
Not sure if this belongs here, but wanted to share this as referance.
This morning at Approx. 9 weeks my favorite chicken crowed for his first time.
Unforunatly I could not have a rooster where I live, I do know some people who have chickens and are willing to give him a home though. At around...
Well I will start from the beginning.
A couple of weaks ago my girlfreind let my dog (Dallas) out at 4:30AM, she stated that he made it several steps outside the backdoor when he barked a couple of times and a Raccoon attacked him. I awoke to my girlfreind screaming and what sounded like a dog...
Figured I would post the adults and see what kind they are and ask how they look to you folks. They seem good and healthy to me, I get 3-4 eggs a day out of these 4 gals. ( dont know why blackies eye looks like that in the pic.)
Blackie, I think she is a barred rock?
Red, I think she is a...
I got six baby chicks (pullets), but I don't know alot about chickens and have no idea what kind I got!
They are 5 or 6 weeks now (I think). The only one I have a guess on is #5 and I assume she is a Rhode Island Red, but not even sure about that. Any guess you might have would be cool to hear...
Wanted to introduce myself and say hello.
I became a chicken owner sort of by accident last summer, My sister had four young chickens when she fell on hard times and had to move into my grandparents house. The chicknes went to their neighborhood for a bit, but that did not work out atall. So...