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Well, I'm glad I got that picture today, as one of the big sisters was just taken away by a hawk

She definitely tries to eat on her own, but it's pretty difficult to tell how much she gets down. When I give her the special yogurt treat in my lap she eats (or attempts to eat) it ravenously. But can I blame her? It's like a dessert!!

My husband and I had been weighing our options when it came down to our poor baby chick with a cross beak. She's still with us and I thought you might like to hear more about her. Crooky is now 5 weeks old and easily half the size of her sisters (or smaller!). She is super friendly, and I...

Well, she is an adorable little girl who is very active and seems like she has the will to live! She was looking up at me last night and was trying to jump to me, but hardly got off the ground. I am getting attached to the poor little one. That being said, now that they're 1.5 weeks old the...

Will she require to be fed with a feeding tube or will she eat pellets with the rest of the chickens? I don't want to sound mean, but force feeding a chicken each day and night through a tube doesn't sound ideal or possible. Our goal is to raise happy and healthy chickens. Does anyone have a...

What does BR stand for?

Our chickens came of age in the late fall/early winter. We're just west of Boston and the weather was pretty mild before Christmas, but since it's been very cold. We were NOT expecting eggs until the spring and were pleasantly surprised when we got our first egg Christmas day! My theory is...