Ok....so it's been a couple of months now and our little Rosie has grown a lot! She had been joined in her coop by 4 slightly smaller game hens that were given to us by a friend of my wife's. So far everyone is behaving and getting along well.
Anyway, while I originally thought she might be...
Looked at some photos of Australorp chicks and they do favor her as well. No idea on types of eggs. A lady donated the eggs to my daughters teacher but didn't say what kinds they were. My daughter does know hers was brown.
House is new but property has been in the family for over 100 years. Just cleared out a little bit to start our little homestead. And it's a LOT of work lol
I wish lol! No, this property was woodland this time last year. We cleared out about 2 acres and put our house in the middle of it. The 46 acres surrounding it are pretty much solid forest....pines going uphill and hardwood bottom going downhill. We are actually inside city limits but the...
Not sure honestly. Like I said we think Rosie is a barred rock, but not 100% sure. We're just planning to have 4 to 6 hens for eggs and entertainment. At least that's the plan lol. We have a tendency to be the crazy pet people lol. At one time we had 2 adults, a baby, and 5 dogs in a 700...
We had been entertaining the idea of having a small flock for several years, but just never followed through. But recently, my daughter's first grade class incubated and hatched out eggs in class and brought their chicks home. Now, we've got what we think is a Barred Rock chick living in a...