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  1. Isadora

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    I was the opposite, but that's because I did a lot of reading here on BYC before my chicks were old enough to go outside. My husband thought I was a little paranoid, but he helped me get all the pens predator proof. We haven't lost any to predators except for some guineas that went exploring in...
  2. Isadora

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    I wonder if they combined a few sexed bins into one bin or something (They were selling them at a discount because the chicks were getting old) Otherwise that luck is extremely unusual! Then, ironically, the sexed Easter eggers I ordered from the hatchery had a rooster mixed in. 🙄
  3. Isadora

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    I did buy random assorted straight run chicks from rural King this year. All 18 were females.
  4. Isadora

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    I forget where I read it, but I remember reading somewhere that the hatcheries do the sexed orders first, and then fill the straight run orders, so the likelihood of getting more boys in the second batch is much greater. Batch is much greater.
  5. Isadora

    What was your worst mistake as a chicken keeper?

    I don't think I've made it yet! It's only a matter of time, I'm sure.
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