Recent content by Leslie T

Does anybody have a working Sagitta rooster in their flock or do you raise Sagitta's? I recently got a bunch of chicks (pullets of various breeds) mostly to be egg layers. I also got 4 pullet Sagitta chicks and 1 cockerel Sagitta. I got the Sagitta as a an experiment to see how I liked the...

I got four Turken chicks this last spring along with several other breeds. The pullets are the sweetest ones of the bunch. All of mine have the a pooch of feathers on the lower part of the neck. I read there are several varieties, some with no feathers on the neck and some with a little (like...

I plan taking pictures and documenting the process.

I have a few ideas for the box... I am a Heating and Air Conditioning Service Tech by trade so I am applying some of what I know from that field. I also have access to some materials. I think I can make it work and have good air flow in the box without letting too much sound out of the box.

thanks!

It's nice to be here, I should have mentioned. I am planning on having 1 rooster and some girls, hoping they will raise some eggs from time to time for meat. I have some Hens and 2 Cockerels (Speckled Sussex) coming late in August. I am planning on building a Rooster night box so The early...

We have had chickens for about 6 years now. These have been Hens for egg laying that we have gotten here and there on Craigslist. We have had Barred Plymouth Rock, Black Australorp, Wyandottes, Americana and few others or mixes. This year I got some chickens to raise for meat and it has been...