...when you walk into Tractor Supply and every employee says: "Oh, hey! Talk to the manager.. there's a chick she wants you to take home..." (an otherwise healthy chick with a deformity... and yes, she's home with us.) :-)
Thanks! And thanks! Our friend picked them out for us. I was expecting to just get a fistful of Rhode Island Red chicks and raising them in the house (like we did when I was younger), but this combination seems to be working well.
I adore the silkies. What beautiful birds! My Dad "met"...
Hi Mainahs!
I already posted in the introduction thread.. thought I'd pop on here and say "hi" as well... oh, and please forgive me if I don't read all 1700 pages.. lol
So.. hi!
Hi!
I'm Jon. My partner, Tessa, and I have "adopted" some chickens from a friend of ours, and have already started the painstakingly slow process of making friends with our new flock.
I grew up around chickens. My family had a couple dozen Rhode Island Reds, in addition to some little...