Recent content by kathy r

Careful not to feed pepper seeds - they can be toxic. The pepper itself is ok in moderation but never the seeds! The chicken pellets or crumble is important for them because it contains all the vitamins and minerals they need to stay healthy. You can buy layer feed on Chewy.com...

I have have 9 chickens and 8 different breeds. I LOVE my Salmon Favorelle. She is a sweet and friendly bird that lays small cream eggs. I also like my Araucana. She lays beautiful blue green eggs and lays more now than she did when she was young (She’s 3 now). She is a bit aloof, not as nice as...

We have 10 chickens consisting of 9 different breeds. My criteria for selecting breeds was they had to be friendly and get along well with the rest of the flock. We have 2 buff orpingtons, and 1 each of Speckled Sussix, Black Australorpe, RI Red, Barred Rock, Ameraucana, Easter egger, Salmon...

If the boys are 11 or 12, I know they would be able to understand all of the things that you wanted to share. I agree with you! Don’t want to be the grumpy person in the neighborhood but still want to protect your flock. I would probably just keep an eye out for them and seek them out to...

I am sorry about your chicks. I have many foxes in my neighborhood so we designed a very secure run. We used 10x6 chain link dog kennel panels as the sides. I am only 5’7” so can stand up comfortably in there. We dug out 36” from the side and laid 36” hardware cloth on the ground held (held...

I am having a similar issue. I have 6 two year old hens and 4 that hatched 2/27. Have a 14x20 run for big girls and a 10x20 for the pullets. Pullets had been living in adjoining run for 6 weeks until we took down the chain link in between and let them be out together about 10 days ago. They...