Posts by girlsnboys

Great job on your old coop.  Welcome to Whidbey, a little slice of heaven on earth :-)

Four of my hens, black australorp and golden comets (the delinquents), daily fly over my 4' fence.  I have their wings clipped (only one side) and they just flap harder and go over lopsided.  I don't think they'd make it over...

Just curious, what do you mean "he is a fighting chicken"?

Jashdon wrote:We have a Rhode Island Red rooster and a Golden Seabright rooster that we are trying to find good homes for. We live in Snohomish, Wa. Let us know if you are interestedI posted a rooster for free on Craig's list and got a...

Around here, the crows have gone so far as to beat up an eagle that was attacking my hens.  There must have been half a dozen crows on top of the eagle and they kept pecking at it until it finally took off.  A couple of the...

I have two Ameraucana/EE roos about 5 months old that need new homes.  Both very handsome, non-aggressive and good protectors.  Pics available if interested.  I am on Whidbey Island, WA.

Same situation here.  hen has 2 chicks about 1mo old.  She went on the roost a few nights ago and I worried about the chicks going nuts on the floor.  Since she has known what to do all along with them, I waited to see...

silkiechicken, we cleared a section of blackberries that was about 20'x80' and 6-8' tall.  We did it by hand, cutting back the vines and tossing them in piles to burn.  We went back in and cut the main pieces back to the...

I give my girls scratch year round.  I use an organic 3 grain scratch that doesn't have any corn in it.  They get a handful tossed on the ground every morning when I let them out of their coop.  No problems in 3 years.

They seem to find places...last night when I went out to close the coop I found 5 of my 6  10 week olds (all standards!) stuffed into one 12x12 nest box.  I had to pluck them out one at a time and set them on the roost. ...