Hey everybody, want to share a story to warn you all. My aunt has always been into poultry and meat birds. Last year she started preparing 'sushi' with raw meat from the birds she culled. She became addicted and was eating it almost daily until last month. She got really, really sick from food...
People told me I'd never be good at poetry because I'm dyslexic.
But so far I've raised more than 300 chickens and other domestic fowl and none of them died.
Just to be clear, everything is going well with the new flock members. Only the roosting bar is getting a bit small. I don't like a ladder system since they always fight for the highest bar, and I just love them sitting all next to each other. So I went to tractor supply to get a larger roost...
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I want to warn fellow chicken lovers of something that's been affecting my flock recently, and it might happen to you too.
We had some hatchlings that did very well a couple of weeks ago. They were alive, energetic, hopping around and playing. The only...
Yesterday my neighbors bought a big colorful majestic rooster. He's pretty noisy and a little bit aggressive with a bad-boy attitude. My wife is pretty upset, she thinks he might be scaring our backyard chickens. But I checked the hens and they are all on the fence.
One of my Leghorns has always been the Sarah Silverman of the coop. She can give you these looks, you just can't stop laughing. The best comedian I've ever seen!
But recently she stopped taking the stage and even started roosting in the nesting boxes. A clear sign to me something was seriously...
This morning when I came back from the coop to collect the eggs, my girlfriend was complaining again. Apparently, I never make time for her. She says I'm always busy with the chickens and my obsession with the live news reporting on the European war. The only advantage of being in a relationship...
Since 2 people already asked: the chicken in my profile picture is called Lance
Maybe not so common, but in the late middle ages, chickens were called Lance a lot
Maybe a bit personal, but I really want to share. In real life, I always get eyes rolling when I'm telling these kinds of dad jokes. But here, it's so different with you all.
I'm so glad that everybody reading this is on the same page
I have a little pet cemetery in the back of my garden where I put some vibrant roses as a memorial on special days. I've had so many beautiful moments with my pets, and these quiet moments really let me contemplate the meaning of life.
Last week I had to fence it with chicken wire because the...