Recent content by HorizonSon

I don't get it! People lose chickens left and right do to heat and dehydration, during the Summer months. Yet the handful lost, worldwide, in the Winter months creates ridiculous hysteria.

I had an ongoing fight with our one adult roo for a year and a half! I wouldn't free range without a roo and he was the only one we had. Plus, he was a super awesome rooster, as far as fulfilling his duties to the flock. But I still have some faint scars on my shins, lol. He did recently get...

I prefer integration while they are still "in egg" Going "all natural" makes a huge difference, too. Having a good hen brood, hatch and raise your chicks will make them more hardy, better foragers and facilitates integration... Hell hath no fiery like a mama hen scorned. Shell protect those...

It's simple, really. Chickens have been kept by man for hundreds to thousands of years... Without de-icer gadgets, high tech insulation, lamps of any kind; nor the most recent phenomena of commercialized "food"... One of the biggest mistakes, most often made, is buy chickens that are not ideal...

I just want to add my own personal experiences :-) We have had roosters fight off dogs and hawks/falcons on multiple occasions. It is truly a breath-taking thing to see, a 9lb rooster flying five feet into the air, as the hawk (or falcon) swoop down, and swings his spurs at the hawk. Wow; is...

Cynthia, thanks. Had to take a closer look. Yeah; personal experience says the 2"x4" stuff doesn't stop chicks.

Kristen; they are good foragers... and they know it! LOLz

Good lookin' chick Cynthia; is that 2"sq fabric? Does it serve to keep newborn, day-old, chicks contained?

Taken earlier this week... Note: my Dellies are 14 weeks old, today

They called the Darkling Beetle If you are transferring the beetles as they emerge; then eventually the first bin will be empty. That is a good time to completely clean in out :-)

NOT keeping bantams should help with the "grass is greener on the other side" issue. Large Fowl don't seem to fly as well as bantams :-)

Right on, Knox! I am hoping to get some LF Cochins this Spring, specifically for brooding and raising chicks so; its comically ironic to me that you are brooding a Dellie over LF Cochin eggs... LOLz

Quote: Mine will be 13 weeks, tomorrow. They are slowly getting their "adult" sounds. No "real" crows yet from the boys; just a half attempt or two, LOLz.

Quote: Our experiences with our RIR roo confirms their aggressive nature. I have been attacked multiple times. Even the hens seem to have been stand offish and aggressive. The ol' RIR crone just get a beak full of Dellie feathers this morning The RIR roo we had was an excellent roo. He took...

Spending time with a couple of good lookin' chicks: I let the Dellies out to free range the other day (for the first time). They had a blast! They especially enjoyed chasing the lil finches, etc, all over the place, lol. Our ol' RIR roo (and hen) where real rough with the...