We have had chickens for about 3 years but took a year and a half off because we moved. We started with Buff Orpington chicks. We NEVER had any problems with them. We bought them as chicks from a feed store sometime around Easter.
We moved this summer (back home) and recently got 6 Golden...
I have to laugh because it's after 11pm and I'm up researching chickens!!! LOL
We have had our Buff Orps for just about a year now and about 2 months ago one of our chickens disappeared. We started with 9 hens last year and were down to 4... then 3... maybe 4. I knew I had seen one of them...