Recent content by Millie and May’s Place

No, none of those symptoms. They’re vaccinated for Mareks disease, too. They just have really bad pasty butt/diarrhea. They act listless and droopy, then they die. I think most of the remaining ones are going to make it, though.

So almost two weeks ago I received a shipment of fifteen bantam chicks from Ideal Poultry. They arrived healthy enough, but they were always doing the unhappy cheeping, which should’ve been a red flag. Over the next week, six died. Of the other nine, all of them are pretty darn sick, and a...

Oh! I forgot to mention. I’ll be posting baby pictures later.

I’m getting a shipment of 15+ little chicks on may 14th! I’m getting five bantam B.B red cubalayas, five bantam Easter Eggers, and five crele old English game bantam pullets. I’m so excited! Butterscotch will be so happy to finally have company. Anyway, as I have worn off the collective ears...

Cats, dogs, and chickens living together. We’re just along for the ride.

Cats, dogs, and chickens living together. We’re just along for the ride.

Hi! I’m Cal. I’ve been interested in chickens ever since I was nine years old and my grandmother made the mistake of buying me a book on fancy chickens. I pleaded with my mom for about a year, until she finally gave in to me, and bought a supremely violent serama hen with the incongruous name...