Articles by TheReidHomestead

Our Pallet Coop we built in the spring of 2008. It is approximately 4' w x 18' long, with two seperate coops (each approximately 9' long) as it's divided down the middle. Each side is a mirror copy of the other, except for the outdoor runs, which were built around an older smaller raised coop...

(formerly WA-4Hpoultrymom) We first got into chickens back in 2004, and our oldest DD joined 4-H in the poultry project so the whole family could learn more about keeping chickens. We started with 3 mutt birds given to us by a co-worker of my DH. Today we have around 30 birds and the girls have...

Pics of the girls at the fair end of August 2009: Meg (still a Primary) practicing Fit & Show during Prime Time Shannon at Fit & Show with her Old English Game Crele Bantam - blue Ribbon Emily at Fit & Show with black bantam Cochin "Agro" - Blue Ribbon Shannon earned her Jacket Award this...

1 month old chicks from March 1st hatch: Day old chicks from April 2nd Hatch: 2 Blue Andalusions BLRW - who would not pose for the camera! Our 5 black bantam cochins - they wouldn't sit still either! Brooder shot (pardon the mess) Our lavender bantam cochin in the back w/ either a...

Currently we have 3 Lavender Ameraucana. We originally got 4 chicks from a local breeder in late August 2010 from John Blehm's lines. We had 3 cockerels and 1 pullet but I have sold one of the cockerels. We have also sold the extra cockerel that is in the pictures below and will just be keeping...

(Scroll down to see the older photos/info) We have Blue and Black English style Orps. We started with 4 chicks we got from a local breeder here who got her stock from Julie / Bamachicken here on BYC. These birds were hatched in late August 2010 and we ended up with one black rooster, 2 black...

My 11 yr old DD is using Crele OEGB's for her 4-H project. It is one of our first breeding projects. We started with one little Crele chick from the feed store in spring of 2009. We liked him so much we got two more chicks in spring of 2010, and both turned out to be pullets. We now know that...

OK, picture time! Here's our new little goat family. All 4 are girls. The two tinier babies are not related to the momma goat we got. Mama is on the right, her daughter is the larger greyish one in back, and then our caramel one and the tiniest is the little black one in the middle: The two...

Our lavender Orpingtons we got from a local breeder who's stock came from Jodi/Hinkjc here on BYC. These birds hatched in late August 2010 and will be worked with my black Orps shown here https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=22465-bbs-orps to improve their type. This is Oscar...

The beginning of our BLRW's (scroll down for more current updates!) In the spring of 2010 I ordered two batches of BLRW eggs from different breeders. One breeder had BLRW from the Lowell Barber line and the other breeder had BLRW from Bill Braden's line. I ended up with a pullet of each. Wynona...

Our family loves the little fluff balls also known as Bantam Cochins. We have quite a few right now in assorted colors. We will be breeding blue, black, lavender (self-blue) and black splits (black birds carrying the lavender gene) and we will be offering hatching eggs and chicks in these...

The girls had a great time at fair as usual! Here's Megan, her first year doing Fit and Show as a Junior. It was such a large group of kids, they had to do two groups and then had call backs for the final round. Megan was thrilled to get a call back her first time doing competitive Showmanship...