Bathing a tame pet chicken is easier than bathing any other pet besides a parrot. Bathing a not-so-tame chicken... LOL
Make sure your chicken carrying box is secure and well away from the tailgate of your vehicle. For if you get rear-ended, the lid will come off and a police officer will be alerting you to the fact that roosters are crowing on the headrest of the seat. (first car of a 5 car pile-up on the highway... everyone lived, chickens included, who took a stroll around the car while waiting on everyone but me to get a ticket. Added humor where some was needed.)
Always cull your mean Roos... there's no reason to keep around attitude no matter how pretty he is.
A broody hen known for being very mean will face down a circling hawk and lose. Catching chicks you let a hen hatch after something traumatic happens to the hen... is a pain in the butt. I spent 3 hours moving a brush pile around after that hen flew off over the tree tops with the hawk.
Your dumbest hen will make the best adoptive mom. One hen sat on golfballs for MONTHS, when the afore mentioned chicks needed a new mom, I stuck them under her and held her on them for a moment, petting her and distracting her. (she was pretty stupid)... Let go of her, she lifted herself up to have a look, I swear she said "Finally!" and off she went with her adopted chicks from the long awaited golfball hatch.
A cattle dog will try her hardest to herd chickens. Roosters, will argue with the cattle dog, and you end up with a comical battle of wills, rooster versus determined herding dog. To ease the suffering brain of the herding dog, it's best to call the chickens back and let her think she did it. Supposing the cattle dog is chicken trained and knows to not touch them.
Never buy chicks from flea market dealers... mites, colds, infections... the only time it's ok is if it's from someone who has healthy looking birds, in clean cages, in small numbers. Anyone who shows up with a dirty truck load... don't even touch them.
Don't help a chick out of the egg unless it's the very last of the hatching process and it's been more than the standard amount of time. I mean like, one more little peck and it's free. If they can't get out most of the way on their own, you don't want them to come out.
