Recent content by tda

Since the summer of 1957.. I was 14 yrs old with 12 New Hampshire Reds..In those days in our town Sykesville, Md., the U.S. Post Office sounded like a hatchery for about 2 weeks of the year , in the spring when all the peeps arrived for delivery.. thanks tda...

I have a laying hed that apparently has decided to start setting, feathers all puffed out, very hot on bottom, been on the nest for the last 5 days. How do I stop this or does it just run its course.. We have a exchequer rooster we keep penned up and 2 peking male ducks( the ducks have gotten...

I have 6 Rhode Island pullets that just started laying, and 4 Exchequer pulletts tha are a month younger, both groups are seperated in the yard with a fence for about 2 weeks, these 2 groups werenot raised together. whenever I try to put them together in the same pen the older reds start after...