Bonjour;
I just want to say hello, I just became a member here, not to say it is my first time on the site.
First off I would like to thank the people in charge here, for having a site like this that allows the novice chicken owner can get help; I also bought the "raising chickens for dummies" and read it cover to cover before I got my chickens. (yeah im a geek)
Last tuesday I got my first two chickens (6months old); nugget and pouic pouic. And to tell you the truth I'm loving it! I already have them eating out of my hand, and they have given us each an egg a day, which they nicely left in their nesting box, the trick with putting a smal rock first worked great!
I have one brown and one black , but if you asked me the breed I couldnt tell you, I'll try and get some pictures on so I can get some help with that.
I also broke the main rule when buying a chicken, I spent very little time inspecting my two girls before i took them home because i got stressed when the farmer told me to grab the chickens myself, so needles to say a guy who has never even held a chicken before, it was a bit of a gong show; and very funny for my wife; watching me running around like a chicken with its head, Ah......(well you know what it mean).
When i put them in their coop i noticed pouic pouic ( the black one) had her feathers peck at and a sore on her middle toe, i have been checking quite a bit to see if it healing properly, which it is, would it be silly if i put a bit of antibiotic on it? or because it has started to heal already it is not needed....
Is it ture you can train chickens?
and
does any one have tips on how to get their dog to stop staring through the fench and drooling? (she's a golden retriever named Lady bird, and she Loves hunting anything that moves)
I just want to say hello, I just became a member here, not to say it is my first time on the site.
First off I would like to thank the people in charge here, for having a site like this that allows the novice chicken owner can get help; I also bought the "raising chickens for dummies" and read it cover to cover before I got my chickens. (yeah im a geek)
Last tuesday I got my first two chickens (6months old); nugget and pouic pouic. And to tell you the truth I'm loving it! I already have them eating out of my hand, and they have given us each an egg a day, which they nicely left in their nesting box, the trick with putting a smal rock first worked great!
I have one brown and one black , but if you asked me the breed I couldnt tell you, I'll try and get some pictures on so I can get some help with that.
I also broke the main rule when buying a chicken, I spent very little time inspecting my two girls before i took them home because i got stressed when the farmer told me to grab the chickens myself, so needles to say a guy who has never even held a chicken before, it was a bit of a gong show; and very funny for my wife; watching me running around like a chicken with its head, Ah......(well you know what it mean).
When i put them in their coop i noticed pouic pouic ( the black one) had her feathers peck at and a sore on her middle toe, i have been checking quite a bit to see if it healing properly, which it is, would it be silly if i put a bit of antibiotic on it? or because it has started to heal already it is not needed....
Is it ture you can train chickens?
and
does any one have tips on how to get their dog to stop staring through the fench and drooling? (she's a golden retriever named Lady bird, and she Loves hunting anything that moves)
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