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I found her outside the nesting area and she looked bad and I wasn't sure if she would survive. I isolated her by herself and noticed she wasn't putting any weight on one leg. She was standing on the lame foot with her healthy foot. Now she keeps it mostly tucked behind her. I noticed that she...

I inherited a chicken house and run. I had the brilliant idea of securing the top of the run with pvc and deer netting to keep out hawks because it rarely snows heavily here... Flashforward to the blizzard of December 2018 and no more netting. The run is about 35x35 with a gabeled coop in the...

I had about 28 2 month old chicks and a hawk got into the partially covered run(fully covered now) and killed 4 bantams. I have 11 Brahmas, 9 Easter Eggers and 4 bantams remaining. I had planned to let them free range in an open pasture when they get to be adults, but I guess that is out unless...

I have a "new" large walk in coop that is elevated(1 foot off ground) and rather nice with wired electrical outlets and lights. It is completely inside a chicken run, but connected to an unused hog pen on one side. It hasn't been used in years and I have new chicks going in there in a few...

Ordered 30 chicks online and they shipped 33 just in case. All of them made it. However, lost 2 within a few days. The first one was found wedged behind the shipping container and was barely responsive with pasty butt. She lasted a few hours after I found her, cleaned her up and got some water...

I just acquired a large sunny pasture that was used for horses and cows. It might be used for that in the future so I wanted to plant something that would be kind of universal for the chickens and farm animals that would be coming later. We have 30 chicks on the way(all females), some bantam...

I have been a lurker for several months now and thought it was time to join as I have greatly enjoyed reading the posts. I just moved into a house recently and have always been a firm proponent of eating healthy and buy organic whenever possible...so yeah...mmm fresh eggs My next door neighbor...

Looks like Cleveland is using chickens to help with flys in the outfield: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9635453/cleveland-indians-trot-chicken-batting-practice :)