Recent content by MaybeMaybe

Hello BYC members I haven't been a member long and no chickens yet but we have finally come to the dicision to get some March 11th! So far we plan on getting one of each of; Australorp Orpington Plymouth Rock possibly Ameracauna (but at our local feed stores I suspect they are EasterEggers...

I live near Olympia, Washington and our local farm supply shops only carry uber common breeds (RIR, Sex-link, Leghorn, etc). Does anyone know where I can pick up just a couple Dominiques or other Heritige breeds? I don't want to order by mail because we are going to have a very small flock of...

I love the idea of tractors. I had seriously considered it because our back yard could use the constant "work" but when I really considered my options it wouldn't work for our family. We have a 4 year old who would be magnatized to the previous plot and would surley come back inside covered in...

Thank you to all who have given advice! We live in Western Washington near Puget Sound so our summers usually have about one week above 90 and winters are wishy washy, a few years ago we had a deep freeze for a week where we dipped into the double negatives and this year it has simply been wet...

Hello! My family raised a flock of about 20-30 egg layers and a rooster here and there when I was young and now that I am grown with a family of my own and in a house that we now own getting a couple chic urban chicks sounded like a good idea for fresh organic eggs, free manure for the garden...