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So sorry for such a late reply! I have been so focused on many tasks around here. I've been spreading my time putting a net over their pen to reduce hawk attacks, keeping my garden looking reasonably well. I've also was overseeing the building of our 40' x 60' metal building. I'm now...

Beautiful!! Grandbaby? We have 19, and love all of them dearly. Bright lights in our lives all of the time.

We hear coyotes nearby sometimes at night. But, in the two years we have lived here, which is a couple of miles out of town, I've never spotted one on our property, night or day. Also, haven't seen coons or possums, even though a large ditch that holds water is nearby which I would think would...

Thanks PrimroseMom1. Yes, still bothered by the loss, and probably will be for a few days each time I count them to make sure all are there, and come up with 7 instead of 8. I raised them from day old biddies. Hope I scared the hawk enough that it won't be back, but doubtful. Anyway, I'm...

Dang it! Lost one of my RIR girls to a hawk yesterday. At the end-of-day feeding, I didn't get the usual rush of all 8 girls and Rudy, my rooster, to the gate as I approached their pen. I found that very curious since it's never happened before, but chalked it up to grandchildren visiting...

I'm sure y'all have mentioned where this event is held in past posts, but would you mind mentioning again?

First eggs today from my 8 RIR!!! Yeaaaaa!!!! The last time I had chickens was 40 years ago, so the egggcitement is genuine. My girls are 22 1/2 weeks old. And they laid them in their nest boxes!! I found one egg in three of the four boxes - couldn't believe my eyes! I was worried they...

Wow! Good for you. Don't know that much about saving mistreated chickens, but sounds amazing that you only lost just one! Did you have a vet assisting you in such an effort? Seems like vets with that kind of training and/or desire to work with chickens are pretty rare - at least in our...

Maybe you have told about this in previous posts, but you say "i have 24 rescue chicks of various breeds". What's the story behind them - all rescued from same place, and how did you know about them?

Beware when you ask old men questions, because you rarely get short answers! It's our chance to effectively bore others as we thoroughly enjoy sharing our experiences - in detail. If that's not evident already from my previous posts, please allow me to drive the point home. When I was a...

Sorry, should have said "yawl's" advice - PrimroseMom1 and Pam.

Oh, I TOTALLY agree with your advice about and concern with poison ivy, and I AM allergic to it. And believe me, I've been trying to eradicate it. When we moved here a couple of years ago, it was late spring, and so I had limited access to the poison ivy growths, mixed with underbrush...

The rooster is 3 months old, so I guess you wouldn't consider it full grown? I didn't go as so far to ask about behavior, but I definitely will. Thanks for the reminder. And yes, one of my grandmother's roosters created a really unpleasant memory for me too. My uncle had just given me some...

Excellent to know! And gosh, there's plenty places for them to hide eggs in their pen. Guess I'll go egg hunting soon. And the brush under the trees in their pen is THICK + poison ivy. I have an offer to pick up a heritage RIR rooster. Soooo...considering doing so much sooner than I had...

Thanks topdog. I love and very much appreciate the advice and shared experiences available here on BackYard Chickens. And many times what is offered just cannot be found in academic references. However, being an old bookworm, and now Internetworm, I do try to follow research based advice...

Pam, my 8 RIRs are 17 weeks old. And thanks! I'm no chicken judge, but given the brightness of their eyes, the sheen on their feathers and their almost constant activity, I believe my girls are really healthy. I had read that the heritage RIRs don't lay as quickly, and possibly as much as the...

Oh absolutely! I spent MANY happy times at my grandparents house in the little country town of Provencal, LA, and my grandmother always had chickens. Waking up to her rooster crowing will always be with me. I loved her so much that when she passed away, I hauled her remaining chickens down to...

Way to go Pam. I've never have raised any - fascinating! Maybe one day I'll try, but would like to do so from my own hens, and I don't have a rooster. Afraid he would be disturbing nearby neighbors.

Oh and Cody, thanks for the idea of putting insulation up against the metal roof. I thought about that, and then just forgot as I tended to other details of the coop. Will definitely try to have that in place before next summer.

Regarding my coop and pen details, thanks to all for comments, ovations and complements. Thanks topdog for the 10! Just trying to give back to BackyardChickens folks some interesting and helpful ideas that I've picked up here. Chuck Mc, I didn't need a run since they have a pretty good sized...