The Chicken Adventure

The Chicken Adventure

In April of 2008, we embarked on a new family adventure. We ordered day-old chicks from Ideal Poultry. Being completely new to the chicken keeping community, we were lucky to choose some breeds that meet our needs and expectations for laying hens. We wanted a variety of breeds in our flock, as well as some variation in our egg selection. We chose 6 white egg layers and 8 brown egg layers, all standard size hens:

• 3 Danish Brown Leghorns
• 3 Exchequer Leghorns
• 2 Buff Cochin
• 2 Red Cochin
• 2 Buff Brahma
• 2 Dark Brahma

Since all of our family members and several friends enjoy our eggs, we decided to diversify our flocks & egg colors even more! In 2009, we added pure Ameraucana from the Cree line, some French Black Copper Marans from the Wade/Kelvin Jeane line, and a couple Buff Orpington. Last year, 2010, we hatched out more Ameraucana and some Olive-eggers (crossed from the Ameraucana and Marans). This year, we'll be hatching more Ameraucana & OEs, and we just received a Light Brahma chick to cross with an Ameraucana roo for a few Easter-eggers. I'm also currently waiting on a few Blue-laced Red Wyandotte chicks.

We now have added the following hens to our flock:

• 2 Barred Rock
• 1 Buff Orpington
• 3 blue Ameraucana
• 1 splash Ameraucana
• 4 FBC Marans
• 1 Olive-egger
• 1 Light Brahma (chick)

• 2 splash Ameraucana
• 1 blue Ameraucana
• 1 Buff Orpington
• 3 Olive-eggers -- two needing to be rehomed!

Wow! Once you're bitten by the chicken-bug, there's no stopping it!
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Which Came First?

New for us in 2011! We placed another order with Ideal Poultry, and we just received our 5 Cayuga ducklings (1 male, 4 female), 5 Rouen ducklings (1 male, 4 female), and a pair of Tufted Roman goslings.
We're working on putting together a website about our waterfowl adventures!

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