I've joined music forums, computer forums, weight training forums.....never thought I'd join a chicken forum until now! Hi everybody! I am another newbie, from central North Carolina, lol. My fam(particularly Dad and brother) raise cattle and pigs, and I've taken it upon myself to raise hens for egg laying. We've raised them way back in the day when I was a lot younger, and I've missed those days. Ordered 15 brown egg layers (an assortment picked by them) from mypetchicken.com, got them on tuesday, and they are doing quite well. I have them in a small brooder for the time being (cold front here right now) and will move them out to a larger brooder when it starts to warm up. I am looking forward to learning quite a bit here, and I may also need some help identifying the different breeds, lol. They didn't send a list of what type they are, so I've been browsing around trying to compare pics to names.
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Leghorns are great egg laying chickens. They are friendly to other Leghorns and can easily fly. The only problems is that they are bad in the pecking order and they can make a mess of the yard.... -
I will start by saying that I love Australorps. In fact, my very favorite hen is an Australorp. She is such a sweet chicken and just let's you walk right up to her to pick her up. She doesn't run... -
seem like a good breed, if i had the room i would probably raise a batch of them they seem like they would be a good 4h starter show bird...considering i dont see many of this breed in my class... -
its a feed scooper it cant be perfect but over all when every thing is said an done i love mine its great its starting to show a little wear an tear but its to be expected i have had it for 4...
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