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Chicks are amazingly adorable but they certainly grow VERY fast! At 4 days old these chicks were nothing but fluff & fuzz: In the next 12 days the little fuzz-butts already grew in juvenile wing feathers! And then they turn into dinosaurs -- half fuzz, half juvenile feathers! This trio...

Have no idea why but chickens love the computer keyboard -- maybe because it gets your attention? Or in the case of chicks, maybe they like how warm it gets? I had to tape a plastic film cover over the laptop keyboard because that's where the little fuzz-butts liked to be.

Hurray for Beep! Having a great vet that will see chickens is worth his/her weight in gold!!! Our Dominique hen "Dana" was finally given the all-clear for bumblefoot by her great vet!

I don't know about anybody else, but my Dominique Dana is still in-house recuperating from Bumblefoot. We took her for a vet followup and she's still not cleared. We have her on Clindomycin for another week because bumblefoot is a staph infection and rarely does surgery alone work. She's...

Teehee! it's not a stove, it's my dishwasher magnetic mural. I got it on Collections, Etc online about 6 years ago. My cover is no longer available on Collections but the following mural is available -- they also can fit on refrigerator doors if it's the kind of refrigerator door with the...

National House Chicken Day has MY VOTE!!! Years ago my 2nd Silkie was a house chicken for 3 months before she was big enough to be outdoors with the other Silkie. We lost the sweetie 6 yrs later to ovarian cancer :(. That's the sad part about precious pets -- losing them. MINI LOVED TO FEEL...

Yes, I know -- It's so sad to lose ANY pet - it hurts so much. I have no idea if Taffy had Marek's when she was younger and survived it or if it was a return symptom when we lost her at 3 yrs old. We got her at 2 months old along with another 2-mo-old Blue Wheaten Ameraucana but the other...

I hope it's not Marek's that your girl has/had. Marek's paralyzes and when the chicken walks she can't keep balance and falls over, sometimes standing is difficult and falls over just standing. When my Marek's chicken got really bad she sat around a lot with one leg outstretched/paralyzed...

Some people might argue that it's not cruel to keep a chicken penned in a cage -- but I only do that for a hen that needs to be kept quiet during injury or illness; otherwise, I don't believe in confining a hen. But that's JMHO. I made 3 chicken diapers for our Silkie and washed them in baby...

I love that you care so much for your disabled girl! Many more people than you think have to keep a disabled bird in-house. For dust-bathing, give your girl some time outside in the yard to find a bathing spot. Otherwise she will use your carpet, area rug, or a pile of newspapers to take a...

So very happy to hear that Dot is doing better! Our birds are not just pets -- they're our FAMILY! Warnings about vaulted skulls on Polish or Silkie chickens are usually written for people who don't know or care about such information before throwing Silkies or Polish into their backyard...

Marans are pretty chickens but they are a big chicken. I had a Cuckoo Marans that was close to 7 lbs and she picked on our 2-lb bantam Silkies and downright viciously attacked them, and attacked our White Leghorn (who put the Marans in her place) but the Cuckoo Marans continued to harass our...

@Ponyfeather -- In Norco, Calif there's a breeder called Amber Waves Silkies that you can contact to see if they have juvenile female Silkies available. They have DNA sexed females but they can cost $75 to $125 for the sexed babies. If you ask for older females that aren't DNA sexed it should...

Silkies are always a good gentle choice -- small enough around bantams that are smaller yet big enough around slightly larger breeds. We bought our Silkies at an age when we could tell males from females at about 3-4 months old. I don't think feed store Silkies will have the gross vaulted...

We priced litter boxes and they were expensive. The only way I'd use a covered litter box is if I got it cheap in a yard sale or thrift shop. But I agree, a new one is very nice. If you happen to have a smaller-size plastic dog or cat carrier, they work well too if you leave the door off...

@Ponyfeather Just found another website that sells the HOMZ small modular tote...

@Ponyfeather Found the HOMZ small modular tote on eBay also $16.78 + $5 shipping: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HOMZ-7710GRBK-06-Storage-Tote-15-5-8-In-H-15-1-2-In-L-/222387314695?hash=item33c7512007

My Mom was a farmer Mom too and animals also belonged outdoors. When I had kids of my own they could keep a cat or small birds in the house but no dog -- we were never home to give a dog socialization. So when my DD grew up and made her own $$$ the first thing she bought was her first dog...

There's only Walmart and Amazon that sell these online (other than the Homz website directly). They are about $16 at Walmart and $35 thru Amazon - take your pick! These are really WORTH the $$$ for indoor bantam nestboxes. My friend got 4 of these smaller totes for her actual standard sized...

Small Stacking Modular HOMZ Storage with Lids We have two of these stacking storage bins to use as nestboxes for the indoor chicken hospital pen. We put straw inside and the bantams love the perfect size, the lid comes off for easy cleaning, and there's a nice smooth lip at the entrance for...