Recent content by caveman paul

I let the new hens out today. They mingled in with the rest of the flock and are now a nice happy family.

I got four more hens about 20 weeks old. I had them separated for a month now from my rooster and Bantam hens. To assimilate them to my old flock I have them in a smaller cage inside my bigger pen that is about a 20 foot circle. The new hens (two white longhorns and two red) have been in the...

Welcome from a fellow newbe.

Thanks for the great welcomes! Sorry it took so long to reply. She was back in the pen the next morning hanging with the others. I only clipped one wing but must not have clipped far enough up. I re-clipped all their wings and now they cant get more then three feet in the air.

Hello to all. My name is Dave and My wife is Jessica. We just started raising chickens that someone gave us for free. We have four Black Bantam Hens one Bantam Rooster and a Plymouth rock Rooster named Caveman Paul in honor of my farmer friend whom passed recently. The Bantams are all about...