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Never thought I'd "forget" how many chickens I have... Actual conversation when encountering a local state candidate on our street going around the neighbor hood with a neighbor: Neighbor: "Hi! I'd like you to meet "Candidate XYZ" running for X Office " meet and greet ensues, then...

Hi Lisa, When you say "older" , about what age/poundage do they stop trying to go over the fence? No only did the bird I wrote about above go over, but the next day one of her sisters did too. She decided to nest right in front of a neighbo'rs front door in a bush and when their dog came out...

One of my new RR hens - 7 months old, decided to leave yesterday. She had jumped onto a 4 foot fence, then onto her coop. I thought she had just dropped into our side yard (where coop is until we move it down the hill) but was nowhere to be seen when I went to look for her a few minutes...

I think, judging by my girls, that the chickens will tell you (by their behavior) if they want curtains. We have 3 Silkes and a small coop raised up 2 feet, that is divided into 2 nesting areas with a solid board (with an arch way so they can go between) separating them. The right side is...

Casenbum, Any update on how Bonita is doing and how you are treating her? I called up a friend who has a remarkable track record at keeping wounded critters alive. She said what has worked for her is to flush with Nolvascan (sp?) - can get at feed store- several times a day and spray with the...

Well, heck , can't believe my pasting of that article lead to weird eyeball looking things being pasted over the rest of my comments. Sorry! What I added was to follow what most vets would do- irrigate (flush) the area well several times a day before applying betadine (in liquid form) and keep...

Here is some advice from the Net below: How to Treat Cuts and Wounds in Chickens By Kimberly Willis and Rob Ludlow 3 of 12 in Series: The Essentials of Tending a Sick or Injured Chicken If you find a bleeding chicken in your coop, or if you suspect a chicken’s skin has been cut or torn...

Call up your local feed stores and talk to their chicken guys. Be prepared that some may not understand an attachment to one chicken. But if you can find a sympathetic one he may be able to talk you through what to do. They may have antibiotics that you can buy without a prescription. Failing...

Still laughing over #5. Just the kind of thing some of us who are so enamored of our chickens would do without keeping in mind that they ARE chickens. LOL! Sue in Hawaii chicken enamored for 6 months and counting

Yay! I'm a newbie and this is exactly the advice I was looking for. Hope to apply it soon! Sue in Hawii

Loved the article! I have 3 Silkie hens, 1 year old adults that I got in January. My fantasy was to have them free roam as I sipped ice tea from the veranda. In other words pets that really didn't need me emotionally or to interact with me. I have enough (non-chickens) of those already. Hah...

An earlier poster wrote : “dogs don’t generalize very well”. In my observations, this is not the case. In fact the challenge and responsibility that we have in bringing up and living with our dogs is to teach them not to generalize when we don’t want them to. “ I want you to herd the...

I should have read all these posts before running out into the rain (the first real rain we have had during the day since I got them last week). I got drenched, caught each girl (well, really, just leaned down and picked them up) and put them in their warm, dry, coop. Gave them lots of yummy...

Dear Chicken Obsessed and Mountain Man Jim, Thanks so much for your replies. Jim - wish I could borrow your GP to train her. LOL! And I do appreciate your concern that she needs more training and friends and exercise. That is the advice I give all pet border collie owners who ask me for...