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  1. JeremiahLee

    What hath God wrought/or what has Jimmy done???

    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...
  2. JeremiahLee

    Let's get this part over with....

    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...
  3. JeremiahLee

    Red Tailed hawk casualty, new additions, feathers everywhere, rat snake and all egg laying ceased!

    "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...
  4. JeremiahLee

    What in the world is going on???

    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...
  5. JeremiahLee

    New hatchling from very small incubator decided to crack open "fellow" egg...help!

    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...
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