Recent content by hickchick1980

Our four babies (L to R): Henrietta, Chicken Vader, Spike, and Lucy. Henny and Vader are Araucanas, Spike is a Barred Rock, and Lucy is a one-off, not sure what. ;) There are more pics in an album on my page. This is our first year for babies, and they're just so fun!!

Baby chicks adopted 4/21/14

I don't know if you ever found out what kind you ended up with, but your pictures look just like our "Lucy." The feed store had straight run Araucanas and Barred Rocks, and one little yellow chick that no one knew what she was, which of course my daughter promptly picked out. As long as it's not...

Yeah, last year we bought laying hens because I wasn't ready for babies. Our two Wyandottes do great, but the Black Australorpe ended up getting eaten by something because went broody out in the back field and wouldn't come back to the coop at night (and we couldn't find her to bring her in, or...

I'll probably end up buying from our local TS. I called them today to ask about their breed selection, and she rattled off so many different types I couldn't write them down fast enough. I figure, with that kind of variety, I can make myself and all three kids happy, and not have to worry about...

I can't decide if I want to order by mail or wait until my local feed store gets in their chicks. I want to get a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot more, but my husband is not thrilled about that. I've also been talking a lot about adding goats to our "mini-farm" (lol), so I think he's...

Does Western have a department for that? Or is UK closer than Murray? (I live close to Hopkinsville, but I have no idea how Bowling Green falls on the map.) :)

Thanks, everyone!