In February (spring 2018) I got back into raising pet chickens when I purchased six chicks from my local Rural King. I should mention that they were a stress fueled impulse buy brought on by college class finals. I got two Buff Orpingtons, two Silver Laced Wyandottes, and two Easter Eggers, one...
I love having a colorful egg basket, and adore blue/green/pink egg colors as well as their adorable fluffy beards. All of the EE's I've had have been amazing birds, both as consistent egg layers for the hens as well as great roosters. They are one of my friendlier birds, running up to me, even...
Hello! I live on the line between northern and central Indiana. And I actually joined last summer but forgot. I am not new to chickens, I first got 7 chickens when I was 11, we had them for about three years. Unfortunately sickness and multiple raccoons killed them. Last spring at about this...