I live in Los Angeles and have 6 chickens that are 15 weeks old. They sleep in a coop and have a 80 sq ft attached run to their coop about 40' away from my house. However, the pest control guy came by the other day and sprayed the foundation of my house for roaches. I usually let my girls...
Thanks so much for the warm welcome! Love my broods ;) I pulled up a list and short bios of historial influential women and my kids chose the names based on that! Eventually they will do full biographies on each one. Ahhh the joys of homeschooling! And yes, Lomita feed store was part of our...
Thanks for the tip on the vitamins! I will find those asap. She was so sad (read:LOUD) being all alone in her shoebox (she still fits in the palm of my hand) and her hobbling wasn't sooo bad that I put her back with her friends. She is still hobbling, favoring her left leg/foot. No sores or...
Hi! I am a single homeschooling mom with four amazing children ages 2, 3 and twin 6 yr old's and aftr much reading and prep we welcomed our first six chickens into our family about 3 weeks ago -- all new little chicks from Mypetchicken.com! We are all over the moon about them and they are very...
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My little blue silkie, Eleanor, who will be 3 weeks on Monday started hobbling yesterday. Its possible she was accidently injured by one of my young children as they love love love our chicks. Based on info I read here I isolated her this morning into her own teeny brooder to minimize...