Posts by hoofservant

Guineas will also take care of tick issues, if you have them, and help cut down on the mosquito population. Sadly, mine keep leaving, so I have to keep replacing them.

I lost a full-grown hen to a red-tail last autumn. I had a pen full of chicks out in the yard and the hen was killed right next to the pen. I suspect that the hen being killed was the hawk aiming for a chick next to the hen on the...

Hi, all!   I am in Southeastern Michigan, about an hour west of Detroit. Currently, I have fourteen pastured chickens, which are an assortment of New Hampshire Reds, Sexlinks, Americanas, one Barred Rock, one Buff Orpington...