Hi All
Skimmed through about 300 or so posts so I could be somewhat up to date on the chicken chatter before posting.
to all the newbies to the Cheese heads.
Amy - Congrats on the new baby!!
BL4 - Great news on the job
sounds like your perseverance paid off
glarnerchicks - I'm just down the HWY from KristiP (or over the hill as the crow flies).
I'm looking for eggs to set under my broody and we're thinking Wyandotte, but are open to other possibilities. We are flush with Black Australorps (12), have 9 Delaware (2 are old girls), and have 7 Rhode Islands (3 are old girls and 1 young handsome Roo). Mostly I'm looking for someone near by since I'd like to get eggs under her as soon as possible. My Roo has been busy with the girls, but the problem is I don't have a breeding area set up yet (future plans) so instead of scrambled eggs, I'd have scrambled chicks
I do have to share a funny story before I sign off . . . our neighbor had their chickens about a year before we got ours and once everyone began to free range it was one big happy flock. Everyone would go back to their designated roosts each night. Last year they added to their flock and all but one of their original seven is still with us. They call her "grandma", we call her "miss kimbal". Well she had been over with our three bantams the Sunday we got the foot of snow. It started to snow mid morning and she go stuck here so decided to roost with the bantams. It's been over a week, snow is gone, and she has decided the bantam's coop makes a good retirement home. She pays her rent most days (still a good layer).
I guess it takes a village to tend the flock
Skimmed through about 300 or so posts so I could be somewhat up to date on the chicken chatter before posting.
Amy - Congrats on the new baby!!
BL4 - Great news on the job
glarnerchicks - I'm just down the HWY from KristiP (or over the hill as the crow flies).
I'm looking for eggs to set under my broody and we're thinking Wyandotte, but are open to other possibilities. We are flush with Black Australorps (12), have 9 Delaware (2 are old girls), and have 7 Rhode Islands (3 are old girls and 1 young handsome Roo). Mostly I'm looking for someone near by since I'd like to get eggs under her as soon as possible. My Roo has been busy with the girls, but the problem is I don't have a breeding area set up yet (future plans) so instead of scrambled eggs, I'd have scrambled chicks
I do have to share a funny story before I sign off . . . our neighbor had their chickens about a year before we got ours and once everyone began to free range it was one big happy flock. Everyone would go back to their designated roosts each night. Last year they added to their flock and all but one of their original seven is still with us. They call her "grandma", we call her "miss kimbal". Well she had been over with our three bantams the Sunday we got the foot of snow. It started to snow mid morning and she go stuck here so decided to roost with the bantams. It's been over a week, snow is gone, and she has decided the bantam's coop makes a good retirement home. She pays her rent most days (still a good layer).
I guess it takes a village to tend the flock
