Hi fellow flockers -
A local preschool hatched a collection of eggs as a part of their school curriculum (super fun for the kids); when the chicks are about a month old or school lets out, they pass along the chickens to my little farm.
One of the chicks has developed what appears to be a cyst...
We've had her in a secluded pen forever - we've lost the other 3 I purchased (2 died right away coming home from the breeder, the big tom I adored was killed by a skunk or a coyote in the middle of the night about a month back...not even sure how they got into the enclosure, which even has a...
Hi,
I've only posted once or twice on here... To recap - when we bought our house and moved in, in June, the prior owners left us their 19 chickens - who promptly reproduced and gave me another 20. Since then, we've lost a few (due to my inexperience and predators) and we're at 36 birds.
The...
Hi - I'm Jen
We just bought and moved to 2.5 acres in Mission BC. We were planning on chickens in a year or so to get ourselves settled...but it turns out the former owners of this place left us their 20 malnourished chickens and run down coops!
It's been a fun, challenging process bringing...