I suppose this has been happening since we had the chickens but we didn’t entirely notice it because there were more of them and everyone, except Clover had another from the same breed, but it seems chickens really prefer to be largely segragated.
Since the Raccoon attack we’ve noticed this more because we now have 3 [...]
If you’ve been reading, you know that a couple of days ago three of our beloved chickens were taken or killed by a raccoon. It’s caused huge insecurities in all of our chickens but they seem to be recovering slowly. Pepper was even injured and is limping around due to a broken toe.
Probably because I’m sick [...]
There are a lot of people with pet chickens - not that I knew about that until recently and a lot of people who want pet chickens (apparently). Who would have thought how friendly they are. Seeing that chickens (understandably) have a natural fear of humans it takes some time to get them used to [...]
We have two chicks, Aster and Ivy that I just can’t tell what breed they are. I’m positive they are either Americanas (the more domesticated less pure version of the Araucana) or the Sicilian Buttercup. The Araucana is known specifically for their more wild nature and laying of colorful eggs which is, as far as [...]