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Thanks so much for your input. I will give her the olive oil and massage and hope for the best. I noticed she is pooping and it seems normal so we'll see how things go.

I had a Lavender Orpington about 4months old (bought from a different backyard breeder, we didn't raise it) in mid Aug. Very healthy up until last Sunday when I noticed him quite lathargic. Not eating and just hanging out by himself closing his eyes. I did some reading on byc and it looked like...

Thats an excellent question. I put together a kind of short report about how we built our incubator, what was involved in the incubating, and included pictures and a video of the chicks hatching. I was going to bring the chicks in to see the class but by 4 wks of age, they were too big...

Thanks so much for your input. I will definately give that a try. I was intending to introduce on the leash but I love the verbal command you suggest. Love your shepard in your photo!

We wouldn't leave the dogs unsupervised. We want to be able to allow everyone to cohabitate together without anything disastrous happening. I've seen and hear of people who allow their dogs and chickens to run around together so am just wondering how they got them use to each other and how long...

does anyone have any tips on the best way to introduce our own dogs into our flock of chickens. We only have 4 chickens right now but do intend on some more. We have a shepard/husky, an australian shepard/mini eskimo , and a little papillon. We also have 5 cats. When we first got our shepard...

You did a fabulous job on your first aid!! Way to go. It's funny that animals seem to know when you have saved them or helped them out. This bird will probably be more attached to you then ever!

This site is filled with such great information, I had to join!! We are new to raising and owning chickens and we wouldn't have done as well as we did without some of the information we gathered here! Thanks to all who helped in our success. We have no purpose in raising chickens other than for...

first chickens ever raised and owned by our family