What hath God wrought? I thought raising my own hens would be great therapy for me, helping me stay active due to my MS and Crohn's. I had about 25 RIR (of which 5 were Leghorns) hens and 5 roosters of various ages with the oldest about 3-4 years old and the youngest about 3 months old. All have...
Hello all and thank you for your support! I'm not Jeremiah Lee. He died over 100 years ago, I think. I liked his name so I chose that instead of my own, although my last name is Lee, lol. So I understand an introduction is in order? I've been writing for a bit in "BackYardChickens" for a bit but...
"Well it finally happened Zachary...somebody burned down my she-shed..."
Oh wait, that's State Farm, not Shady Pines Farm. Dear God what next! A danged red tailed hawk got one of my hens! I saw it come for another one until I fetched the Daisy BB gun and ran yelling to the top of my lungs in...
I think my RIR hens are nuts, or either I am! I have two brooding hens next to each other (and there's no way to separate them at this point because the other area is for the other chickens). I didn't even realize they were broody until a week too late after they hadn't moved on the nest. Long...
Well, I'm not new to raising Rhode Island Red hens exactly, but I am new to using a small incubator and errant new hatchling(s) "helping" a not-so-ready unhatched egg crack its shell. The new (I hope) hatchling is semi-pipping but looks as though it needs some help. It's been about six hours...