Funny/Sad/Happy stories of your chickens

[guinealeghorn]

@jllracer55 I'm glad she pulled through! What kind of chicken is she?

 

[jllracer55]

I am pretty sure this one was an Isa Brown but could have been a buff orphington, but she has the stripes like the other Isa brown chicks, sure glad we didnt loose both.

 

[PeepersMama]

So I named this chick miracle today. We had a mishap at some point in time with the heat lamps which left them off for an extended period of time. wasnt such a big deal for the 3 week old chicks but the babies in another box suffered. by the time it was realized, one had already died, I believe due to the cold, the other was close to dieing and 4 were shivering like crazy but holding on. I brought miracle in the house, wrapped her in a wash cloth trying to warm her up. Eventually she warmed up enough to begin breathing on her own to eventually get her pepped up and back to normal within a few hours thanks to reading about caring for weak chicks lastnight on the forum.

Oh goodness, I'm glad she made it!

 

[PeepersMama]

So tonight I was walking around the kitchen with a chick on my shoulder trying to peck my eyes.... Gotta love it. XD

 

[jllracer55]

Oh goodness, I'm glad she made it!

Me too!!

 

[PotatoWaffles]

I made dust baths for my chickens out of old tires from my car. My brother helped me paint them a couple weeks ago before he deployed. I filled them up yesterday and the birds went crazy for them.

 

[AuntJamie]

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I made dust baths for my chickens out of old tires from my car. My brother helped me paint them a couple weeks ago before he deployed. I filled them up yesterday and the birds went crazy for them.

That is a wonderful idea! Those are happy chickens right there. Such a productive use of old tires.

 

[jllracer55]

What did you use in the tires?

 

[Clubber1234]

My Easter egger is so weird she thinks that sitting on eggs for 12 hours every day is enough to let them hatch.She has been doing this for a month or two and she is probably thinking"Why aren't these gosh darn eggs hatching".She even plucked all of her chest feathers off.

Poor girl hahaha

 

[PeepersMama]

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I made dust baths for my chickens out of old tires from my car. My brother helped me paint them a couple weeks ago before he deployed. I filled them up yesterday and the birds went crazy for them.

Those are SO cute!!!