Friendly, hand raised cockerels ready to mingle with your girls. 7 altogether (bum luck with a straight run) 3 gold laced wyandottes, 3 black jersey giants (especially friendly!!) one black australorp. Purchased from TSC (Hoover hatchery) 5/10 at 5days old.
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Hey crew-
my first backyard chicken journey as an adult & I opted for straight run tsc “rainbow” chicks. We added some leghorn pullets when it seemed many of our first batch were Roos.... lots of little fights breaking out & it’s time to make some tough choices. Would love some thoughts on...
We thought of that- our main predator concern "in town" is raccoons- we shut the birds in at night in the coop at the back, it's got a solid floor & a pretty sophisticated latch... in addition to the latch on the heavy door of the coop. We're also mentally prepared for predator loss... the flock...
Hi community!
Started our flock on monther’s day this year with 5-7 day old “straight run” “rainbow” chicks from tractor supply after 2 seasons of “maybe we should have chickens?” Deliberations & lots of After it became apparent we were numbering more Roos than pullets, we picked up 6 more...