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Our girls are loving the compost and gardens. I can't believe how helpful they are. We mainly though perks of chickens would be the eggs, but we are so happy with our RSLs sweet nature and helpfulness! Here is Juno following around in the garden. Smart ladies!

We are pretty new chicken owners, and we are loving our newly laying flock of RSLs. Our golden retriever and shepherd/collie mix have been incredible with them, too - which of course makes our flock and family super happy. Here is Luna our 4 month old, happily sharing her water with our girls...

We only have four. They are about 20 weeks old, and we are getting about 3 eggs a day right now. A few days this week, we had 4 eggs. I'm really happy with them. We had 8 white leghorns raised from chicks until we lost them all to predators at about 16 weeks old :-(. We learned our lesson...

My girls started laying a week from this past Monday, and we are rolling in eggs. So exciting. They are so sweet and easy, too. Dream chickens! Here is Freya and Brigid on their second day free ranging. Happy as hens :-)

We got the RSLs from a farmer in Saugerties, NY. I found his listing on Craigslist. We actually tried to contact three different farmers (others selling Buff Orpington and Easter Egger pullets). It was just luck of the draw that the farmer with the RLSs got back to us. Neither of the other two...

We just got four 18 week RSLs. Just about ready for some pullet eggs. So excited, especially after we lost our 14 week old White leghorns raised from chicks to foxes :-( Here is a picture of our RSL, Athena. We named them all after goddesses!

Thanks all! Helpful ideas and what a warm welcome! The girls are all doing great, and the weather is only getting warmer. Happy spring has finally hit upstate NY!

I'm a total novice, but we're having tons of fun. We moved our 6 week old pullets into their new coop last night. Although I'm a little nervous about the unpredictable upstate NY spring weather, they seemed to thrive through the night and love their new space and extra perches! Holding my...