Thanks for the compliments! We too hope to start breeding next year or perhaps earlier!! Oh golly if I had a bit of extra time to put into enlarging the someday farm, i would buy another 25 day olds and start it all over again!
Here are a few pictures of our 25+ first flock! Its amazing much they have grown in just 5 months!!!
Sage and Marcy
Sage, Marcy, and Yolanda
Nezbit our Roo!
Nezbit *5 months old*
The flock the first week home!
Nez the cockerel was marked with red on his head when he first arrived! *hes...
M seems to have the mama hen maternal instincts. I'll admit in very jealous. I suppose it's due to his being home more often than I can be. They are growing up so fast!
Our babies have finally arrived. We even received an extra female! DH and I are soo excited and a wee bit nervous, much as first time parents can tend to be! Bringing DOMs back!!
The confirmation email came yesterday around 8pm eastern time. We figured it would take until at least Friday for the babes to arrive. I got out of work today and DH was there to rush me home. The lil ones have arrived this afternoon around 1pm!!!! DH was a bit nervous because one had a red mark...
We are awaiting there arrival this week. Its been a "waiting forever" game but we have been told they are shipping today! If we end up with more than the one roo we ordered we will let you know for sure!!
J&M
Thanks for the input. DH and I have decide we are going to order the vaccine today. Rather safe than sorry we suppose. We have 24 females and 1 roo Dominique's coming Thursday or Friday!!! It's been a log overdue wait and finally they will be coming home!!
Wee Acre Farm... Thanks for the info...
Hey there all my fellow Mainers!! DH and I just came across an issue. We have ordered our chickens from a hatchery across the country and forgot to add the mareks vaccination. The company does not allow us to add on to the order at this time as they are about to ship the chicks this week...
Thanks for asking about the grit! Everyones input on here helped DH and I decide on whether or not to buy some before our chicks arrival. As first timers ourselves we had no idea if we needed it or not. We visited our local Tractor SUpply Co. store and the cashier told us that she has never used...
Hey there fellow Mainers. My partner and I are new here at BYC! Just thought we would poke in on this thread and give a short shout out. We are soon to be the proud owners of our first flock ever. We have decided to raise Dominiques as we both fancy them quite so! We are wondering if there is...
We are eagerly anticipating our batch! Will be another week before we get them ordered. We tried with all our might and smarts to find a more local breeder but no such luck. If anyone knows of anyone in the New England area who does breed please let us know!
J&M
Again we cant thank you all enough for such a warm welcome! Although we haven't posted much else so far, we are steadily reading all the great material on here for hints and what to dos. We did have to post pone ordering our babies until next week now. There is a Nor' Eastah moving in as we...
Thanks so much! We will most definately be contacting our local PO, we are lucky to be about ten minutes away so it wont be far. We also both work very close by as well! We are sooo excited. First time parents here, Well of the poultry family that is. We do have an older beagle named Buddy! So...
First Id like to thank everyone for all their welcoming! My partner and I have been reviewing this site thoroughly as we begin early stages preparing for the arrival of our chicks. About a month ago we decided that we would like to raise a flock of Dominique chickens here in the midcoast area of...