Last night was day 21 of my black australorp's (Grace) brood sitting on a nest of her own egg and ceramic eggs. Our plan was to slip three baby chicks under her at night. We got the day-old babies yesterday morning. At 10 pm last night, we made the exchange - eggs for chicks. Things went fine...
I live in a large suburb of Seattle, Washington. Several times a week, the husband and I drive on a busy road past a large greenspace with a soccer field and a skate park. Last fall. we saw a few chickens wandering around in the grass. We figured it was a fluke, but then we continued seeing them...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We got our first chickens on March 20, 2019. This is our first venture into chicken raising.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Four chickens
(3) What breeds do you have?
Buff Orpington
Black Australorp
Ameracauana...