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Help! There is Blood Dripping from my Chicken's Beak!

Bibliopharm wrote 7 hours ago: I’m a wreck. I went out to the henhouse this morning to check for eggs. Everyone was looking f … more →

Tags: Chickens, chickens, Illness, Sick, Buff Orpingtons, Advice, Help, bleeding

F*ck This4 comments

wingmother wrote 1 day ago: In kind of a self-sorry funk today. My May support never arrived from Fareed, and here it is nearly … more →

Tags: mommy mind, An Ongoing Journal..., Divorce Diary, farm life, single-mom, Divorce, poverty, small farm, low vision

Visiting with the Ladybirds

farmhouseK8 wrote 1 day ago: C1 holding Millie. The birds got a visit from their favorite kids yesterday.  It is astonishing to l … more →

Tags: Photography, The garden, the menagerie, Chickens, Child Photography, Photography (2)

Love, Actually

Dreambles wrote 1 day ago: Okay, maybe “love” is a bit of an exaggeration, but I now have proof positive that my ch … more →

Tags: Chickens, animals, Bird, Chicken, Flock, Pecking Order, pullets

The Broody Experiments

Bibliopharm wrote 1 day ago: Silkie is broody. The previous evidence of constant sitting and lack of eggs pointed towards this, s … more →

Tags: Chickens, Eggs, chickens, Nesting, broody, Hens, broody hens, Silkies

What now?1 comment

Max wrote 1 day ago: What are my plans for The Fruity Chicken this week? Your guess is as good as mine. At my day job our … more →

Tags: Chickens, backyard orchard culture, Work, Blahs.

The 5th Chicken

farmhouseK8 wrote 2 days ago: The only thing better than glancing up from my computer and seeing the chickens scurrying around the … more →

Tags: The garden, the menagerie, Chickens, Dogs, Garden

Coop du Jour, Part Deux

farmhouseK8 wrote 2 days ago: What’s the coop du jour?  It’s the coop of the day. Sorry.  It doesn’t get old for … more →

Tags: farm decor, The garden, the menagerie, Chicken, Chicken Coop, Garden

Tired!1 comment

rantingaboutrectangles wrote 2 days ago: I am T.I.R.E.D.! I can’t seem to catch up on my sleep this week. One day I put four chickens i … more →

Tags: Rabbits, Chickens, backyard herds, Do-it-Yourself, Self-Sufficiency, Do It Yourself, raising rabbits, chickens as meat, Saving Money

Peep, peep, peep!8 comments

Kristi wrote 3 days ago: This post was going to be called “I See Chicks in My Future”, but Todd didn’t give … more →

Tags: Pets, Chickens, lucy and ethel, Red Star, chicks

Lesson 561 - The bunny under the fence 3 comments

Wendy Thomas wrote 3 days ago: This is Vivian. The bunny that Addy just HAD to have last year (and which as you might recall, made … more →

Tags: ::The Family::, backyard chickens, rabbits, Wendy Thomas, Rabbits

Broody or Sicky?7 comments

Bibliopharm wrote 3 days ago: For the past week, this is the scene confronting me each visit to the coop: Silkie sitting. Yes, I k … more →

Tags: Chickens, Animal Behavior, broody, chickens, Hens, Incubation, Nesting

Dog, chicken or chicken dog???????6 comments

Palatka Mom wrote 4 days ago: While we were busy freezing corn yesterday, we let our hens out to freely roam our yard for a few ho … more →

Tags: Chicken, Dogs, animals, Boston Terrier, Chickens, Chihuahua, dog, farm, Hens

Lesson 559 - Hey Toto...2 comments

Wendy Thomas wrote 5 days ago: We had relatives stop by this weekend and honest to God, you’d think they had never seen a chicken i … more →

Tags: All things chickens, backyard chickens, charlie, Personal, The Kids, Wendy Thomas, black copper maran, Charlie the house chicken

Coverage of Ferndale's First Legal Coop- Ferndale 1151 comment

ferndalechickens wrote 5 days ago: Source:  http://ferndale115.com/nuevo/2012/05/18/ferndales-first-legal-chicken-coop/ Ferndale’s Firs … more →

Tags: In The News, Chickens, Chicken, Ferndale, Detroit, Coop, Chicken Coop, chicken keeping, dogs with chickens

Why Not? Myths and Misconceptions About Backyard Hens

Rob wrote 5 days ago: Complete the following statement: “Everything I know about chickens I learned from… … more →

Tags: Chicken, Chicken Coop

Chicken Coop Site Map & Structural Plan4 comments

ferndalechickens wrote 5 days ago: As part of our ordinance, we had to submit a site map and structural drawing for the chicken coop.  … more →

Tags: My Chicken Coop, Chickens, Chicken, Ferndale, Michigan, Detroit, Coop, Chicken Coop, Urban Agriculture

The Birds and the Bees and the Chickens

Bibliopharm wrote 6 days ago: Dear Chickens, Girls, I should say Ladies, it’s high time we had The Talk.  Mommy doesn’t know where … more →

Tags: Dear Chickens & Other Musings, chickens, chicks, babies, chicken sex, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Nest, Nesting

Prepare to Screw It Up

marynevaire wrote 6 days ago: So far this summer, I’m responsible for the death of four chickens, six jalapeño plants, a gen … more →

Tags: urban garden, gardening tips, americauna, Dominique, Chicken, Backyard Chicken, worm bin, heirloom tomato, cherokee purple


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