Posts by Leslie Standen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZeEY-kt7A   kappelmd:  Enjoy

Hi everyone!   I just started blogging a couple of days ago without introducing myself first.  This Spring will mark the beginning of my second year with my "ladies" as I call them.  I do have a "Roo" by accident when...

To Golden Feather, a thank you!  I am expecting my first postal order from My Pet Chicken on Wednesday.  My babies will most likely be shipped to Portland, OR and then brought the 50 miles up the mountain (Mt. Hood)....

Welcome!  And as for your Plymouth Rock, mine is one of the most personal in my flock always coming into the coop, up the ladder to the roosts to be at eye level with me while I clean the "poop deck", as I call it.  She...

I'm going with Amerucana as well! I have one 4 days old that looks just like it!

Isn't that the truth!  Grandma didn't have all the books, rules, specifications, restrictions, dos and don'ts list, age charts, etc. and the chickens were fine, healthy and tasty at just about any age!  I read everything I...

Does anyone have any experience with chicks being mailed from "My Pet Chicken"?

Just for the spring and summer (veggie and flower garden) growing season, you might consider trimming their wing tips so that they cannot fly so high.  I know that if we want our organic veggies this year for ourselves and them,...

Miracles happen!  I have a young, strong, sporting dog (Brittany).  Their specialty is "birds". I have trained him to be gentle with the hens.  It was not easy, but if I keep an eye on him, he is very good, being the...

You have some great chick breeds coming!  The only one I don't have is the "White Rock".   Enjoy your chicks when they arrive and they will each in turn literally tell you what they should be named by their...