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I've been super excited about eggs lately. Mrs. Wilbur laid her first egg over the weekend, so now at least 5 of my 6 hens are laying. I really enot reading about all of your farming exploits with goats and cows, etc. I'm over here like, hey check out my hens...I feel so "country". The hens...

I have a mixed flock of 2 EE's, 3 buff orpingtons and 1 cuckoo maran. I'll be adding a Lavender orpington or 2 at the same time as possible silkies. Will I NEED to build then their own house, or would they be ok in our existing house?

I'm considering getting a few silkies, but the broodiness concerns me some. Is it a big deal?

I'm loving this conversation!

Pick on may not be entirely the right words. They chase her away from the treat tray, so I now have 2.

Funny thing... I have 2 orpingtons that relentlessly pick in one of my EE's. They are ironically the 2 that like me least of all.

Picked up Violet and Luna on Saturday. We just love them! Considering chocolate orps for spring. I just love my orpingtons!

thanks! I'm really leaning towards getting a couple of lavender orpingtons.

I wad leaning the same way. What about silver laced wyandotte?

I have an opportunity to get silkies or lavendee orps or both from Heartland Hatchery this weekend...thoughts? I'll be adding them to a flock of 3 buffs, 1 cuckoo maran and 2 EEs.

This is all very interesting! I'm a city girl, but love hearing all of the farm chatter. I'll try to get some full body shots. Thanks for the advice.

As a follow up, I am able to post pics using Internet Explorer on my phone. Chrome didn't work.

yep. They get pretty mixed reviews. Quite honestly, neither of my suspected roosters is anything to "crow about".

No worries. They were sold as Ameraucanas. I'm not too worried about it. They are sweet and beautiful birds. I'm mostly interested in the sex of the birds.

Ruby, Dottie and Mrs. Wilbur are Ameraucanas! :-) The buff was hard to get a good picture of. "Her" comb is a little longer and pinker than the other 2, but I just wonder.