Recent content by Dog Goatee

I also live in Tucson and I'm also new at having chickens. I have swap cooling and what I have done is I bought a large wired dog crate and put is up against the doggie door. I only have 2 hens so a dog crate works for them and they had no problem finding there way inside. The dog never goes out...

I live in Tucson AZ and I am a first time chicken owner. I got 2 black sex-link chicks on October 1st and I have been worrying since then about what I was going to do when summer is here and it will be over 100 degrees most of the summer. Today it's 101. I finally figured out how to solve the...

I was having the same problem with one of my hens. Getting rid of her is not a option. I only have two Black Star hens. I raised both of them by hand since they were 2 days old and they were handled a lot. One of my hens (Myrtle) is very calm and friendly. The other hen (Wanda) was calm and...

I got them as 2 day old chicks. They were handled a lot. Wanda was the shy one untill she turned 5 months old

Thank you for your response. Wanda will peck hard at my hands when I'm on my hands and knees planting and attack the my legs when I am gathering eggs. She drew blood this morning when she pecked my knee cap. I have a high pain threshold so it didn't really hurt anything but my feeling. .

This is my first post. I am new to having backyard chickens. I have two beutiful black sex-link hens who just began laying. I did a lot of research on the internet and decided to get this this mix breed because I thought they were docile and good egg layers. The hens have full free range of the...