city chickens

  1. Leslie Crawford

    Chick Lit Lady

    I have had chickens for five years and currently happily have six chickens in my backyard in San Francisco. I'm coming out with a children's book in the fall, "Gwen the Rescue Hen," about a chicken that miraculously escapes an industrial factory farm. This is the second in a series of children's...
  2. catandmilkart

    In over my head- introducing hand-reared solo chick.

    Does anyone have experience trying to get a solo chick to make friends? * * * I have 3 bantam hens in the city, all of whom have a low-level sniffle/sneeze. I believe it is coryza since it never goes away. Before I "diagnosed" the coryza, we had a really bad hatch in the spring that resulted...
  3. MIchickenlady

    City Chickens- How to cull?

    Hello everyone, We live in a small town in Michigan that does allow a maximum of 6 hens, but does not allow slaughter within village limits. The area around us is pretty agricultural though. We got our 4 hens 1 year ago, and I need to have a plan for emergency situations, in case I sadly need to...
  4. Clilly20

    Hello! New to the group ❤️

    I have a backyard flock of silkies. We built our coop just over a year ago and love having fresh eggs and cute pets. We don’t eat them because silkies aren’t really made for that and I don’t think we could bring ourselves to slaughter them. They are definitely pets. We got them from a breeder...
  5. Jamie Molihan

    New mama to new Cleveland City Chickens

    i live nearly smack in the center of the CLE and I love it, but I never thought that I would be able to have my own chicks while I lived in the city. Then I bought a house in a Latino community and there were city chickens all over the place. Beautiful homes and yards, lots of laughing kids and...
  6. chickenkeeperUS

    Little about me and my small backyard chicken flock!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens for about 5 years now? We just got our first rooster though a couple months ago, so I am super excited about that. I always wanted a rooster with chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have a rooster...
  7. MIchickenlady

    take a look-advice? flooded run-help!

    HELP! If you would take a look at my pics and offer advice about what to do with my very soggy run, I would VERY much appreciate it. I know lots of West Michiganders have this issue right now-fast spring thaw and rain. But I wasnt prepared for this sight today... I'm limited where I can have my...
  8. Art_plus_chickens

    Hello from cold Kansas!

    Hi guys! Let me introduce myself, I'm a newly married (June 2017), new to chickens and new to city life detail artist! I have always wanted chickens since I was little ( and I really wanted a 6foot tall chicken according to my parents) and despite living in the country for most of my life I...
  9. I

    Changing the law in Boca Raton FL

    After much research, especially here on this site, my fiance and I decided that bringing a few hens into our life would be a wonderful idea! We went out, found the best chicks for us and our family, and purchased four (2 Black Australorp & 2 Buffy Orpington). Well, I certainly should have done...
  10. MIchickenlady

    Keeping chickens in a small town

    Does anyone here keep chickens in village limits, a small town? How do you handle curious kids, neighbor pets? What do you do for smell and fly control? I would LOVE to hear others experiences of keeping a small flock of chickens living in town!! Since we set our coop this Fall, and daily I go...
  11. TheRealFowlLove

    How delicate are chickens??

    Ever since I got my first chick I've been viewing chicken's as these fragile, easily injured fluffy babies that I must protect from falls and trips of any kind. I have panic attacks when they run too fast and turn sharply and put their wing out to turn; it looks and sounds painful! Don't even...
  12. Clash

    Has anyone trained a rooster to not crow?

    I saw a youtube video posted by a woman who says she trained her rooster not to crow by locking it up in her closet whenever it crowed. #1 I don't want to lock a rooster in my closet. (It needs to stay outside) #2 I'm not around during the day so I can't do anything if it crows when I'm away...
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