But it's so great! I love growing out the little ones and being able to evaluate how they mature. The drawback is they stay around for a long long time.
I will definitely research The Livestock Conservancy. So far, I've started with the breed clubs.
I will say that chicken math is much scarier than Sheltie math...and I won't even say how many Shelties we had at any given time. o_O
But I just love my chickens!
I am learning about the breeds I like, I want to focus on rare breeds. I do have some strictly for production, but am fascinated by the showing and breeding aspect of it. We used to breed and show AKC Shelties with some top stock from very reputable Sheltie folks and we loved it. :-)
All my chicks are from a feed store that orders from Ideal. Ideal doesn't breed to confirm to type, it breeds for the most chicks. So the chicks you get from them are not the quality that you would get from a true breeder maintaining type. But for a first timer just starting to get chicks, they...
My name is Susan. I'm in the Dallas area and am looking for Olandsk Dwarfs. Are there any in the area? Hatching eggs or chicks or even older. I'm open to anything.