Recent content by jelewis

Awesome, thanks Ridgerunner, Mrs. K, and Sourland. Ridgerunner, you pretty much described the current situation re: the sub-flock. The one thing that I have not done yet is to allow the younger flock to free-range out with the older flock. Because I have dogs, I generally do not let them...

Thanks Broody Magician! As far as the older girls that they are in with now, should I leave things alone since they are just chasing and not pecking for blood? I have added an extra feeder and waterer.

Hello Everyone: Last April was our first year for chickens and we started our journey with 5 layers as chicks. This past April, we purchased 7 more chicks and just last week we introduced the two groups. The newbies were in a temporary coop that was contained inside a 12x12 dog pen. Both...

Excellent! I actually wanted one, so there you go!

Hopefully these pictures help??

Hello! Last Spring we entered the world of chicken keeping when we brought home six chicks, all hens (Buff Orps, Barred Rocks, RI Reds). All has gone very well with all of the excellent advice from everyone on this board (thank you very much!). So this Spring, about 5 weeks ago, we decided...

Thank you all for the input. Much appreciated! I'm going to at least place hardware cloth over the openings as we do have skunks, raccoon, foxes, coyotes, possums and weasels. I don't think the coyotes would come over a 5 foot fence but the rest could. I guess it's complacency since I...

Hi: I think the answer here is 'err on the side of caution' but here is my question: We are new to chickens. We live in New England. They are 7 weeks old and in their coop new now which includes a 10 foot covered run that is enclosed with hardware cloth. The builder of the coop used tin...

Howdy from Marshfield, MA. I'm a complete newbie (besides lurking on this site for the past two years!). We are starting with 6 chicks this Spring. Definitely Buff Orps & Barred Rocks. Not sure if we'll add in another breed. Hello to everyone!