Recent content by resenrob

About a month ago we had one of our hens disappear, but thought nothing of it because we thought it just went too far off into the woods and got snatched up in the late dusk or night. However, last night our most favorite hen (also the one my daughter picked and bought with her own money) was...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. We are keeping them all since they seem to enjoy each others company. So, since all is going well, we might fence off another area of our land for some "meat" chickens but don't know yet. Thanks again for your tips.

Hello all, Out of the thirteen chicks that we bought, we believe two of them are roosters (we thought they only sold hens). Anyway, both are barred rocks and I don't know if this is going to cause a problem in the future. I'm still hoping that both are just manly hens, but since this is the...

Hello all! My name is Robert and my family and I moved to SW Washington late 2011. After 2 years of looking at the pros and cons about raising chickens and homesteading, we decided there were more pros than the cons. We have 6 Barred Rock, 6 Americauna, and 1 Black Sex Link (my oldest...