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Thank you for this information. As a small child I used to regularly eat this plant that LOOKED like clover, but was a brighter green and tasted tangy. All these years later, I learn that it was indeed a wild edible--wood sorrel!

Birds don't have teeth. What they eat is stored until it is "chewed" in the gizzard. This process requires the ingestion of sand. It is totally normal and okay for them to eat sand.

Is it possible for their egg production to stop altogether while this is going on? I have nine birds, ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2. Their egg production slowed down in August, which is when I noticed the first bird in molt. Now there are feathers everywhere, and it appears they are all...

This is so cute. Thank you for sharing this.

I use wood ash from the wood stoves of some friends. When I can't get that, I use food-grade DE (diatomaceous earth).

I was seriously reading all the suggestions, and when I got to this one, I cracked up.

There's one thing that puzzles me, and maybe someone here can answer it. I know that chickens are attracted to the color red, and I have seen the proof of this. My question is, why don't they peck at each other's wattles, ear lobes, and combs?

I guess the one thing I CAN be sure of then, besides the breed of Curly Sue and Henrietta, is the breed of Juliet and Alouette. Thanks again, everyone!

Goldie was about a year old when we got her in September. After that picture was taken (sometime in October), the feathers on her neck DID grown back. I don't know the hatchery from which they came. I do check their vents for signs of mites on a fairly regular basis. When I did see some on...

Thank you all so very much. I can see that joining up with this forum will prove to be a good idea.

Wow! That takes care of ALL of them--doesn't it? If you mean around Goldie's neck, I got her that way back in September (which is when that photo was taken). She came with seven others, four of which also had missing feathers. I atttributed it to moulting, but whatever it was, they got...

Yes, she IS big! Thank you so much!

goldfinches: Josephina and Georgia could be the same, as you say, and since Georgia is about a year older than Josephina, the effect of moulting could be a possibility. The other difference is that Josephina almost looks golden-copper in the sun, while Georgia is that peach color all over...

jnntefend: Thanks so much. Whether or not you think you're good at it, I figure that, given the numbers of people who are on this forum, once everyone has had a say, I should know what all of them are.

The first two, Curly Sue and Henrietta, I know to be Rhode Island Reds because they were among a batch of RIR that a friend and I purchased last spring. This one is Lily White. This one is Ebony. In the sunlight, her feathers have highlights of green, blue, and even some violet. This...

Thank you.

As I learned when I set out to breastfeed and to homeschool, having access to information and the knowledge of those more experienced than oneself is a tremendous asset. So, having first received my chicks about a year ago, considering myself to still be a "newbie," and finding that all of my...