So... this little thing came to us from a family whose very young son had been given a chick and they had NO idea how to take care of it. I really didn't think she was going to make it...
<- A week or so old.
This is what he/she looks like now, at about 4 months old:
I was...
Hi! I am new to BYC and even newer to raising our own chickens!
We are a family of 6 - me & my husband and our 4 boys! Ages 11, 9, 5 & 5 (twins!)
I have been wanting to raise our own chickens for eggs, enjoyment and (possibly) meat, for a long time! This dream was finally pushed into a reality...
Both of these, hopefully ladies, came from my twins' preschool. They got the eggs from a local farm that has purebred Ameraucanas. 20 eggs, 5 hatched, 4 made it - we got these 2 beauties! These are the first 2 chickens we have owned! They are now about 2.5 weeks old.
Since them we have also...