Recent content by Sandra Lee

Since this thread is fairly new and I am having trouble finding the answer, may I have some help as well? (I am sure this has been posted multiple times but I'm not sure what to search!) I am also trying to hatch eggs under a broody hen, hoping they will hatch the end of this week or weekend. My...

Thank you all, you have all been so helpful!!! She is a very well behaved dog and I do believe I am pack leader. She is perfect in the house and for the most part outside but she does bark at rabbits, the chickens, the kids across the street when they are playing outside, etc. She does not...

Hi from Little Compton :) I just got a new flock (I have had a flock containing a RI Red, Buff Orpington, Black Coppers Marans, Easter Egger, Red Star and GL Wyandotte in the past but have recently started new). This time around I started with a Buff Orpington, Speckled Sussex and Barred...

Hi everyone, I have searched the forums on this and haven't found a thread but please direct me to one if I am wrong and missed it. I have seen several threads about training a dog to avoid attacking chickens but I would love to know how best to train the dog to not bark at them every time...

Hi everyone...I haven't been on here in a while. I'm from Little Compton, RI and we have 5 hens...1 RIR (Rosy), 1 Red Star (Milly), 1 Easter Egger (Yolko), 1 Buff Orpington (Coral) and a Black Copper Marans (Jade). We had a gold laced wyandotte named Amelia as well but she turned out to be a...

No, we didn't put posts in the ground. We did dig down around the whole thing though to make space for an extra foot or so of hardware cloth to deter digging predators. Otherwise, the whole thing is very sturdy.

I just realized I never posted the final cost...and at this point I have no idea what it was! I know it wound up being waaaay more...but mostly because of the run we built. Anyway, came out great, here's some pictures... Makes me so happy to look in my back yard and see this...

Anyone near Rhode Island want a GLW cockeral? He is not breeder stock, was a sexing error from MPC. I still think he's handsome....he's 1 year old, not too aggressive but not overly docile either...takes good care of his hens but he is a little too much for just 3 hens. I want to get rid of...

If anyone in RI wants a handsome, 1 year old, Gold-Laced Wyandotte rooster let me know...I am looking to get rid of mine so I can get a couple more hens :P He's a good boy, looks after his ladies, lets them eat treats first, etc. Not real aggressive but not too docile either...he was a sexing...

Anyone live near RI and want GLW cockerel??? I got one last year through a sexing error and would like to give him away to get a couple more hens. He's from MPC, not a breeder, but he's pretty...will post a pic if anyone's interested.

Hey everyone, glad to read up and see everyone is doing well :) I'm 37 weeks pregnant today so baby boy is officially considered fully developed! It's definitely getting pretty uncomfortable to take care of my chickens being so large, the baby so low, and it being so cold outside though! (it...

Does anyone know how long it takes for a production RIR to perfect their egg laying skills?! I have a RIR that is almost 34 weeks old (born in April this year) who is still laying really small eggs. I can't remember exactly when she started laying. Some of the eggs are shaped a little funny...