Recent content by Philm1

I've owned chickens for over 20 years, so I'm not a newbie by any stretch. I currently have a mixed flock of 20 hens and one Buff Orpington Rooster. They are free-range from about noon on, when I let them out. For about a year now I've had on Speckled Sussex that my rooster has turned on and...

Thanks, guys. Yeah, I think you’re right. Looks like New Hampshire Reds.

So about a month ago I went to Tractor Supply to buy a few more Buff Orpingtons. They didn’t have any left, but they did have some unlabeled chicks for $1 each. I knew that the previous week they were labeled Golden Comets, but now the label was gone, and the store personnel didn’t have a clue...