Recent content by sqqqsme

Obviously I meant hens not hands.

I hope someone knows the answer to this. I've been waiting and waiting for at least one of my hands to want to get broody and hatch chicks. Well wouldn't you just know it? Last Sunday (4 days ago) a raccoon killed my rooster. We've never even seen raccoons around here before. So now, yesterday...

Last year I got two lovely little female Khaki Campbell ducks. All this time they have been getting along great with my chicken flock. Now this week, I think it was my rooster, both of my ducks have been killed. I don't understand. I'm just sick over it. I don't know what I could have done to...

Where do you get chicken saddles? Reasonably priced would be nice.

Oh. My. So sorry. Glad she survived!!!

I'm definitely not new to chickens. I grew up on a farm and the chickens were my responsibility as a young girl. However, insert: college, 4 children and career, now retired/running a small backyard tree and shrub nursery. I also have a decent size vegetable and flower garden. We live on a few...