people with house chickens

[Chickie Momma]

Redriver my heart goes out to your babies, but it sounds like your "teenagers" are quite funny. You aren't crazy at all. I'm abt to go batty with a roo just outside my bedroom because he is spoiled and wants momma's attention. He would be happy if hecould could sleep and cuddle with me much of the day. His wife will Not permit that!!! He got used to that when he was ill. Now all better and quite loud...

 

[Redriverranchmn]

That's very sweet! Do you have any pictures of them?

 

[Tacampbell1973]

Hi all , and sorry I have ben away for a while....Welcome to all our new family....Henri and Bluebelle is it? They are wonderful beautiful animalss.....and very much welcome here, as are our turkey brothers and all else God brings us....Welcome to all of you. Maddies mum, how are you,glad to see you are still with us, Phantom, you and i are still related....I too have a game hen whois a cross beak...Ms. Begawky....btw, Sissy says merry christmas andhappy new year to Roscoe....Chickenmomma missed you and Sunni too. it has been just crazy here....my little white cochin Faith got eggbound again today. but why her> why is she the only one when they all eat the samne thing of four laying hens? My daughter is here from college so it has been crazy here and my birdsare letting me know they feel the stress. One guinea bit my lip tonight and then Agnes bit mynose an hour later...**** birds...like why are they stressed out? what about me? love to all of you guys...take care...

 

[Teazle333]

Hi all , and sorry I have ben away for a while....Welcome to all our new family....Henri and Bluebelle is it? They are wonderful beautiful animalss.....and very much welcome here, as are our turkey brothers and all else God brings us....Welcome to all of you. Maddies mum, how are you,glad to see you are still with us, Phantom, you and i are  still related....I too have a game hen whois a cross beak...Ms. Begawky....btw, Sissy says merry christmas andhappy new year to Roscoe....Chickenmomma missed you and Sunni too. it has been just crazy here....my little white cochin Faith got eggbound again today. but why her> why is she the only one when they all eat the samne thing of four laying hens? My daughter is here from college so it has been crazy here and my birdsare letting me know they feel the stress. One guinea bit my lip tonight and then Agnes bit mynose an hour later...**** birds...like why are they stressed out? what about me? love to all of you guys...take care...

I have never had a problem with Bluebelle being egg bound but she lays one egg every three weeks on a avarage haha I don't know why she just never has layed !!!

 

[Teazle333]

 

[kukupecpec]

I love all the little chicken pictures! It's awesome to see some itty bitty chicks on here too!

Pudding! That's awesome! I used to make "chicken" pudding with chick mash and yogurt for my crossbeak, Lady, but I never thought of actually giving her pudding! I bet she would have loved it!

She much prefered people to chickens, I loved the crap outta her! She passed a while back, not sure what from, just woke up one day and she had passed in the night roosting on my night stand =(


Her "Getting a Blow Dry" face


Eating mash and yogurt




Anywho more pictures! Got my little duckies all outfitted with diapers! Will probably be sending a couple outside this week to see if Trina and Pom adopt them (with supervision of course)

We like to make the blanket a big jumbled mess and watch them climb all over it! It's HILARIOUS to watch them hop around! I think they are confused and think they are bunnies

 

[PhantomChikkinz]

Hi all , and sorry I have ben away for a while....Welcome to all our new family....Henri and Bluebelle is it? They are wonderful beautiful animalss.....and very much welcome here, as are our turkey brothers and all else God brings us....Welcome to all of you. Maddies mum, how are you,glad to see you are still with us, Phantom, you and i are  still related....I too have a game hen whois a cross beak...Ms. Begawky....btw, Sissy says merry christmas andhappy new year to Roscoe....Chickenmomma missed you and Sunni too. it has been just crazy here....my little white cochin Faith got eggbound again today. but why her> why is she the only one when they all eat the samne thing of four laying hens? My daughter is here from college so it has been crazy here and my birdsare letting me know they feel the stress. One guinea bit my lip tonight and then Agnes bit mynose an hour later...**** birds...like why are they stressed out? what about me? love to all of you guys...take care...

Theresa, good to hear from you again, and Happy New Year! There's just no doubt anymore.. You must be my long lost sister, or something... It's scary how much we have in common! How is Ms. Begawky, anyway?

@kukupecpec You're making me want so many ducks right now... Stop it!

 

[PBGGG]

Finn is 4 months old. He has lived inside since we found him abandoned under our barn. We had to get him a diaper because I was tired of chasing after him all day with paper towels. He doesn't seem to mind, which is great. Finn is pretty nice, but when Jackie, our dachshund puppy, chases after him, he usually pecks her on the nose. It doesn't stop her from trying it again though!




This is Rooster Cogburn. He has been inside for a few days now. Rooster here is actually our neighbors, but he usually hangs out over here. We noticed he had frostbite on his wattles and legs so we brought in a coop and put him in it. He seems to get along fine with Finn now.

 

[Chickie Momma]

Does Rooster Cogburn crow all the time? My silkie rooster "Russell Crow" is really drivin me nuts in the last 2 days crowing ALL the time. He was sick and now its so cold I am continuing to keep him and his girl in the house in their little crate for heat and safety. I have 3 cats and 3 dogs too. I want to give in and go pick him up, but he is already a monster! Any suggestions friends??

 

[PBGGG]

He doesn't crow as much as Finn does. His crow isn't that loud, but Finn sounds like he is just screaming! Rooster Cogburn crows mostly when no one else is in the room and in the morning. Finn just crows all day long. Im not sure exactly what to do because we are pretty new to chickens. At night, I cover Finn's cage with a towel and he stops crowing. If the cage is small enough, I would put a body towel over it. Rooster Cogburn's cage is too big so we just turn out the lights at night.