Posts by pjcalvo

that was my plan originally but since i'm only living here on a work permit, i will have to leave the island in a couple years.  i don't want them to not be able to survive on their own one they are set free.  my thought now...

lol - they really do not look much different as they are mixture - but i will post some pics.  the poor hen who showed up and has now hatched her little brood in our yard is probably the ugliest hen i've ever seen - she was nearly...

Panama!!!! One of the most beautiful places in the world!!!  Tell me, do you have lots of wild chickens where you are?  if so, have you had any luck setting up nesting boxes for hens to lay eggs?

i have only ever dealt with domestic poultry - we never let our hatch chicks, they were strictly layers.  now that i have wild poultry, we have our fist who has settled in our yard with 11 little ones.  we have provided her...

i raised dairy goats, turkeys and had several free range chickens - our protection were wonderful anatolian shepherd dogs.  my big boy tank spent most of his day with the kids and poultry and he slept in front of the barn door at...

I am in the cayman islands - enjoy the snow and the cool weather, soon we'll be dealing with the extreme heat here. 

we have a hen who laid 13 eggs under our deck, 11 hatched :) she seems content in the yard and the babies are just the cutest things ever.  i also now have an older chick in the house who was left behind due to a leg injury. ...

i do not have a coop yet but i have lots of chickens that stop by to visit daily :) i'm working on a coop.  i have 1 resident hen who just hatched 11 little chicks and she has made herself at home under our deck.  i am...

wow, thank you for the article.  i am not sure what the problem is but i will read and hopefully find something to get this little one back on his feet!! we usually have 1 or 2 chicks in the house per week as someone always get...

i did catch it and i have it in a box with some straw in the house.  this little chick just showed up today and it was eating and drinking fine.  i did finally catch it, just before dark and it seems to be doing ok.  i...