Hi everyone!
My farm girl dreams came true in February when my reluctant husband (finally) gave in to my 2 years worth of prodding at the sight of the peeps at tractor supply. I came home with 4 "assorted bantams" that the guy assured me were silkie (theyre not! I lost one on day 2, and now im pretty sure i have one silkie, one sizzle, and one cochin [roo?]), 2 red sex-links and 2 white sex-links. A fellow chicken farmer whom I met at the tractor supply brooders let me in on the secret of BYC, and I've been a daily "stalker" ever since. A week and a half after my first set of chicks, I went to a local hardware store that sells different varieties of chicks, and (much to my husband's surprise) came home with 6 new additions: an aracauna, rhode island red, buff Orpington, silver laced Wyandotte, black star, and a barred Plymouth rock. 10 hens & 3 bantams total, and I am LOVING my new hobby!
Thank you for answering all of my questions over the past month and a half (even though you did it unwittingly, since I was just searching by topic & reading threads). Now I can participate too
Nikki (from west Virginia)
My farm girl dreams came true in February when my reluctant husband (finally) gave in to my 2 years worth of prodding at the sight of the peeps at tractor supply. I came home with 4 "assorted bantams" that the guy assured me were silkie (theyre not! I lost one on day 2, and now im pretty sure i have one silkie, one sizzle, and one cochin [roo?]), 2 red sex-links and 2 white sex-links. A fellow chicken farmer whom I met at the tractor supply brooders let me in on the secret of BYC, and I've been a daily "stalker" ever since. A week and a half after my first set of chicks, I went to a local hardware store that sells different varieties of chicks, and (much to my husband's surprise) came home with 6 new additions: an aracauna, rhode island red, buff Orpington, silver laced Wyandotte, black star, and a barred Plymouth rock. 10 hens & 3 bantams total, and I am LOVING my new hobby!
Thank you for answering all of my questions over the past month and a half (even though you did it unwittingly, since I was just searching by topic & reading threads). Now I can participate too
Nikki (from west Virginia)
Wife, teacher & pseudo-farmer.
Guardian to 2 rescue pit bulls, 2 overfed & under-ridden horses, an assortment of hens, 1 handsome barred Cochin roo (MY 50 Shades of Grey;)), a house cat, couple o' barn cats, & a ball python that usually lives in my classroom.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Mark Twain
Guardian to 2 rescue pit bulls, 2 overfed & under-ridden horses, an assortment of hens, 1 handsome barred Cochin roo (MY 50 Shades of Grey;)), a house cat, couple o' barn cats, & a ball python that usually lives in my classroom.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Mark Twain
Wife, teacher & pseudo-farmer.
Guardian to 2 rescue pit bulls, 2 overfed & under-ridden horses, an assortment of hens, 1 handsome barred Cochin roo (MY 50 Shades of Grey;)), a house cat, couple o' barn cats, & a ball python that usually lives in my classroom.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Mark Twain
Guardian to 2 rescue pit bulls, 2 overfed & under-ridden horses, an assortment of hens, 1 handsome barred Cochin roo (MY 50 Shades of Grey;)), a house cat, couple o' barn cats, & a ball python that usually lives in my classroom.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." -Mark Twain
from Ohio. So glad you joined. Congrats on your new chicks. You have also became a victim of chicken math. Congrats. 
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