We got an assorted dozen of eggs and hatched them. The eggs we were given were barred rock, EE (they were blue), and Rhode Island Red according to the egg giver. So, the 4 barred rock eggs hatched, which was obvious, because they were black. Then 2 of the blue eggs and 2 of the other brown eggs...
We have 16 Silver Laced Wyandottes (2 are roosters), 4 barred rocks (1 is a rooster), and 2 EE's (1 is a rooster). And 2 silkies. The barred rocks and EE's are 13 weeks, SLW's are 12 weeks, and the silkies are 9 weeks.
All of them but the silkies have lived together since they were 4 and 5...
We are in Wilmington, NC and moving out some of our Roosters. This is a pickup situation, though we would may be willing to meet in town somewhere.
1- Rhode Island Red -9 weeks 6 days old
1- Ameraucana - 9 weeks 6 days old
1 - Barred Rock - 9 weeks 6 days old
2- Silver Laced Wyandottes - 8...
Hey everyone! We've been doing a lot of reading here the last 6 weeks and have made a few posts, but thought we should officially introduce ourselves.
We are a homeschool family in eastern NC and are venturing into chickens. We started out with an incubator that we rented and 12 eggs that we...
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We are venturing into chickens for the first time and have probably gone a bit overboard! We hatched 8 from eggs, 4 barred rock, 2 ameracauna, and 2 rhode island red. Then we purchased 15 (but 16 came) silver laced wyandottes. They are all currently living in boxes...
Hello all! We have been reading a lot on this site as our eggs have been incubating. Through all of the coop designs, we finally decided to convert the back 1/3 or so of our shed to our coop.
The plan is (and it has not been executed, so please, if you have done this and have a better way...