English Orpington cockerels. White and chocolate cuckoo are from Carolina Rare Chicks eggs, Black and blue are from My Lavender roo and English Oprington blue hens.
In 2023 I decided I would not subject any day-old chicks to shipping. Instead I decided to hatch some eggs.
I ended up with a combination of shipped eggs from Carolina Rare Chicks (English Orpingtons) and eggs from my own flock (Lavender Orpington Roo over Lavender/Blue/Buff/Chocolate...
This our first winter with chickens in NJ. We do not want ti be unprepared so we are installing our clear vinyl sheets in the covered run. We used 30 g clear marine vinyl, secured with 3/8 grommets to a vood strip. I recycled some old horse blanket straps so we can install the sheets ahead of...
I had chickens, ducks and geese in the past. I currently have 13 Buff Orpington that are 5 weeks old and 16 French Guinea Keets that are 4 weeks old. They are currently in our basement, before they can be transferred to the coop which is under construction. We live in a small hobby farm In NJ...