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Lol... I meant broody not bloody. I'm typing on my phone and my autocorrect runs amuck at times. The colored chicks are cute, but I think I'd be a bit worried if they came out of the shell like that. :-)

I know I'm interested in buff orpingtons. They are beautiful and lay well. I've also read that they lay well in winter too. I really would like to get lavender ameraucanas.

I'll have to look more into that.

We've talked about rotating the flock every year. Replacing 1/2 of the flock every year. We do want a single roo. My husband plans to cull and eat any roo that we don't need. I know I'll need to stock up on tissues for the water works. I'm considering getting a silkie because of how bloody they...

I've been thinking a lot about the deep litter method since I read about it yesterday. We have a ton of pinestraw that falls in out back yard. My husband is scared that if he gets me an incubator we'll end up with 100 chickens. Lol.

That would be too cute!

Thank you! Now I can't stop picturing little chicks hopping around trying to grab bugs. It's a really nice image to have stuck in my head :-). I can't wait to vet some babies!

Thank you for your reply! I'm in southeast Ga. so the weather is a bit unpredictable at times. We have some months that get pretty soggy and some that are really dry. We have temps in the winter down in the twenties on occasion (that's rare) and then in the summer temps can reach over 100 with...

So, about a week ago my husband and I agreed one getting chickens. I told him I just wanted between 4 and 6. I've kept chickens for a short time once before but life happened and I had to give my flock away :-(. I cried like a little baby. My husband and I don't have much money to build a coop...