Recent content by LilReddBurd

I believe my Speckled girlie is the queen of the roost right now. Its quite funny considering she's also the sweetest of my birds towards my nephews.

Hey! Thank you so much for this write up. Its given me some ease on why our girls havent started regularly laying. Since I posted this we've started getting about four eggs a day, and I am suspicious one of our New Hampshires are laying due to the size comparison of one egg to the other three...

Just updated friend! Im from Florida and we've been pretty warm/hot still until recently

Hey all! I had gotten my flock in some waves over the span of this past year. My eldest girls I got back in the beginning of May and they havent started laying yet. Just this week, my girls that I had gotten in July started laying. I'm worried there may be something wrong with my older girls...

Hey all, Im looking for two easter egger girlies to join my flock. 8 weeks to about 2 years old is what Im looking for. Im willing to pay and even wait a few weeks (i just need them old enough to be able to be introduced to my current flock, so if you have a potential offer but need some time...

Thanks to everyone who replied. We went with a predator apron and cinderblocks under the ground, with some pikes that stretch further into the ground than the blocks. This should keep the dogs out of our yard for good.

They free range our fenced in yard

So in short my neighbors lied. Their dogs had managed to get into our yard before and kill some of our flock, and we told them they can "fix" the problem by extending their fence into the ground to prevent this from happening again. When we asked TWICE if they took care of it, they said yes and...

Aah I thought so, but thanks for the confirmation! They are chatty little things, and usually sound like this when talkin with each other.

Hey all. Im havin a time trying to guess the sex of these ducks. I am near certain they're males but I havent raised ducks before so Im not confident in my guess. Their sounds dont quite sound like either or to me, and they have quite an under committed drake feather (if im correct in assuming...

I've been lurking on this site for a while now for mot of my chicken care, and finally decided to join the community! Ive been raising backyard chickens for close to seven years now, and I adore my ladies and their quirks. Recently, I decided to start raising ducks, so I'll definitely be poking...