After buying 12 chicks from Tractor Supply in June Had raccoons dig in and kill all 12. So after working to make it more secure, got 8 Speckled Sussex from someone who's daughter shows at the fair. In 17 years the first time I had any predators dig in so I added hardware cloth to keep them...
I got 3 Americana pullets, 2 silver laced Wyandotte pullets.
3 silver laced Wyandotte straight run.
Then 4 Sapphire Sky pullets.
They are way smaller than the others almost bantam, sized.
I don't mind, but they are tiny 2 or 3 inches tall, they seem to be doing alright.
I have 1 Rhode Island Red Rooster, 2 RIR Hen's, 2 Cuckoo Maran hens, 3 White Leg horn Hens. Now that eggs sell for 7.00 we've been selling for 3.00 A dozen, one lady paid us 7.00. Can't find any on line hatcherys that are selling. I had bought a small 3 egg incubator maybe I will have to try it.
Got my first chick, A Rhode Island Red and Brown Leghorn mix around a month old 😃
A broody Cuckoo Maran hatched my first chick. It has a few white specks but looks like a brown leghorn, its probably more nearly 2 months old has a comb and can fly.