successful transition with adoption, good news and happy ending

[Chickenlover2017]

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[nenebynature]

No longer have any pure bred stock adults here. Black sex link, New Hampshires, barred rock, buff rock, partridge rock, araucana, australorp --- any of that might be in there, since I have bred my own for years. I had buff orpingtons, silver laced wyandottes, california whites, and Leghorns, at one time, too, but all of those lines died out years ago.

On the 21st of June I got 11 young chickens from Rural King:
4 barred rock pullets, my favorites
2 light yellow colored pullets, I hoped were buff orpingtons for broody hens
2 strippedy pullets, I hoped were silver laced Wyandottes for winter layers
3 of the largest black tough buggers in the straight run tray I hoped were barred rock cockerelles
(hoping to get a brood next year) They were not day-olds, but probably month-olds, with considerable hard feathering and not much fluff left.

I have never gone in for the giants or brahamas. I hear that they are very calm. Kind of like the Newfoundlands of the chicken world, pretty confident cuz they are so big, and easy going.

I cannot wait to see how my ladies mature. The originals are a bit sassy. Sounds like you have a coopful. One day I'd like to have a go at hatching my own but for now I will just settle on buying babies.