I can only keep four of the chicks I currently have in the brooder. Production, friendliness & tolerance to confinement are my priorities. I live in Portland, OR. Which would you keep? I have:
3 Buff Orpingtons
3 Black Australorps
1 Barred Rock
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte
This arrived as my "Meal Maker" chick from Meyer Hatchery so *should* be a pullet. Top of the head is yellow and the rest is mostly black with - what looks like - barred feathers starting to come in. Chick is 3 weeks old. Breed?
We have 2 Welsummer, 2 Buff Orpington, 2 Black Australorp and 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte available.
Marek vaccinated. Raised under Brinsea eco glow on organic non-GMO (Scratch and Peck brand) fermented feed + handfed same dry chick feed w chick grit. ACV in the nipple waterer from day one. Chicks...
Considering that BYC has become my go-to resource while planning my first flock, it's about time I introduce myself. I'm Bee. Lonnnnngtime organic gardener, beekeeper & (finally after all these years) about to set up a coop in Portland, Oregon I grew up a country kid in Minnesota so raising...