my molly girl who is top pecker she really gives it to them, anyways, she will close both eyes and sleep in the middle of the day and sneezes which really sounds like a hiccup. She has been doing it for a year now . she is my second oldest, lucy the oldest Is 5 and molly 3.5 lucy just...
ok just tried dandilions they looked at me like I was crazy then I noticed in their pen they have about ten of them growing I have five birds in a area about 30 by 40 most of it is grass I throw scratch down only on the part that is bare they very seldom degrass any other area don't ask me why...
I take a bag of crickets and dump in the middle of the run and watch them go beserk, the hardest choice a chicken must make eat this one or drop before the next one its priceless. also I will hang the bag from a tree cut a hole in it and for hours they will stare at it waiting for the next victim.
I feed my hens sunflower seeds hulled and unhulled they are calcium rich and they go nuts for them, we also take a bag of crickets and dump in the middle of the pen watching five chikens chase one hundred crickets is quite amusing . they also get mealworms. they have two compost piles to pick...
if you want to have a laugh and give your girls a treat buy some crickets throw them in the air and watch the fun it is by far the most fun you can have for two dollars chickens chasing chickens chasing crickets one in their mouth while trying to peck one and eat one try it , youll laught your...
my girls now roost on an old swing its about six feet high, its metal they love it. my problem is when the winter comes and it gets cold they have no coverage . i live in georgia so the temp is really not a big problem, but if its raining and cold frost that kind of thing . i want to build a...
She is about 8 months old, not sure of the breed. This is a birth defect-we were just worried about her laying on the ground constantly. Didn't know if it would get irritated. We haven't wormed her, but give her DE.
i have a chicken that one of her legs is bent backwards, i keep her in what used to be the hen house slash run. My other four girls now just free range all day in a 5o by 50 pen and roost on top of an old swing, anyway hazel lays on her bottom side all day she has to hop to go anywhere the other...
my molly girl is the top chicken but she has started sneezing and actin like she is going to sleep eyes closed and it is during the day everything else seems to be fine whats up she is about three to four years old keeps all other hens in place