Recent content by DaveDaoud

Hello: A predator, perhaps a snake, got into my (I believed!) highly secure run, and killed one hen and injured another. The injured hen, a skittish one who'd been at the bottom of the pecking order already, is recovering nicely but the other three hens are bullying her. When they come near...

Hey, thanks for this! This is only my third summer with my hens and I'd been expecting an egg slow down from the original ones. Now that I know I'll still get SOME eggs as they age I am even more happy to have them stick around as pals.

Hello: My name is Dave and 10 years ago I returned to my native Hudson River Valley in New York State and started some light part-time farming. Now I'm able to live here full-time and I've decided to raise chickens. I purchased three red sex-link pullets who are getting ready to lay, and I got...