Recent content by jhinshaw

Thank you so much for the breed recommendations! I will absolutely check out these other breeds. I'll admit I had picked the barred rocks because one of the books I picked up picked them as great layers with a friendly disposition...and they are very pretty. I hadn't considered picking a breed...

I definitely believe I will want more LOL but I just haven't found any good coop designs that house more than 10 birds and aren't barns! My neighbor keeps chickens and when I told him I was only looking at having around 10 he looked at me like I was crazy haha.

0. I changed the name on the OP so thanks for letting me know! 1. I think based on this recommendation I will probably wait on adding a rooster for the first season. I think the learning curve for me will be pretty steep with just hens given that I have never kept chickens and didn't grow up...

I'm in the process of putting together my first coop this winter. I think it will be finished around March and I'm going to be using one of the coop plans listed on this website for a guide. The coop should house around 8-10 hens which is what I figured would be best for our property based on...

Oh okay well that is helpful to know at least!

Well I guess ducks are probably out for the pond then! I was concerned about keeping ducks with the chickens for a couple reasons. The first reason being avian influenza and the other being because I was considering keeping guinea hens on the property free range and possibly (after a lot of...

This is encouraging since my garden will not stop producing peas! I am planning on having chickens though so I think I'll have to be crafty to make sure the chickens and ducks are separated as much as I'd love for them to BOTH follow me! Since I don't have any experience with ducks, do you find...

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! Im sorry I didn't get back yesterday I ended up with a surprisingly busy day. The pond DOES have predators. We have snakes (black racers, brown water snakes, the occasional copperhead and extremely occasional rattlesnake) and snapper turtles. One...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on backyard chickens! I've been casually lurking for years and my husband and I finally agreed to get chickens and ducks next spring so I thought I would finally get serious about asking questions! Today I wanted to ask about keeping ducks. We have a pond...