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that was my plan originally but since i'm only living here on a work permit, i will have to leave the island in a couple years. i don't want them to not be able to survive on their own one they are set free. my thought now is to just coop a few for a couple months and then remove the coop and...

lol - they really do not look much different as they are mixture - but i will post some pics. the poor hen who showed up and has now hatched her little brood in our yard is probably the ugliest hen i've ever seen - she was nearly bald when she showed up and now she does have nearly all her...

Panama!!!! One of the most beautiful places in the world!!! Tell me, do you have lots of wild chickens where you are? if so, have you had any luck setting up nesting boxes for hens to lay eggs?

i have only ever dealt with domestic poultry - we never let our hatch chicks, they were strictly layers. now that i have wild poultry, we have our fist who has settled in our yard with 11 little ones. we have provided her with a lovely nesting box that she seems to love. i am wondering how...

i raised dairy goats, turkeys and had several free range chickens - our protection were wonderful anatolian shepherd dogs. my big boy tank spent most of his day with the kids and poultry and he slept in front of the barn door at night when everyone was fast asleep. we never lost any of our...

I am in the cayman islands - enjoy the snow and the cool weather, soon we'll be dealing with the extreme heat here.

we have a hen who laid 13 eggs under our deck, 11 hatched :) she seems content in the yard and the babies are just the cutest things ever. i also now have an older chick in the house who was left behind due to a leg injury. i'm going to work on a coop to keep 3 or 4 hens and then after a month...

i do not have a coop yet but i have lots of chickens that stop by to visit daily :) i'm working on a coop. i have 1 resident hen who just hatched 11 little chicks and she has made herself at home under our deck. i am dealing with wild/feral chickens. we have several hens with chicks, lots of...

wow, thank you for the article. i am not sure what the problem is but i will read and hopefully find something to get this little one back on his feet!! we usually have 1 or 2 chicks in the house per week as someone always get left behind. So far this is only the 2nd injured chick we've found...

i did catch it and i have it in a box with some straw in the house. this little chick just showed up today and it was eating and drinking fine. i did finally catch it, just before dark and it seems to be doing ok. i checked the foot, no visable injury. it was dragging it's foot while trying...

Hello All, I have wild chickens and every now and then a little chick gets left behind in my yard. Today i have a little chick who is about a month old (i'm guessing by the size) who has been left in my yard. It seems as if it has a broken leg - it limps and it's little foot is curled and...

I have on an average close to 100 chickens right now that show up at various times of the day. i am interested in a small coop or laying boxes to collect eggs. we live on an island and are prone to hurricanes. any suggestions as to what is best (coop or just laying boxes)? the chickens are...