2nd time around!

[sourland]

Good morning, Lee, and welcome to activity at BYC and back to keeping/raising chickens.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hello Lee! Welcome back to raising chickens! It's nice to meet you! You picked wonderful breeds! We would love to see pictures of them when they arrive!

 

[Buckeye Amy]

Welcome Lee! May is a great time of year to get chicks. Don't feel bad about having so many on their way. I did that too the first time I got chicks. I ordered from McMurray too. We ended up butchering 7 roosters and kept just one, a fabulous Plymouth Barred Rock named Roo (kids named him)! The breeds you chose are all nice and I think you and your family will have lots of fun with them. Get the kids out with them and let them pick them up and tame them, it's a great way for kids to spend free time and you get end up with really friendly chickens that love to be around people. Also, don't forget to name them all!

I took this photo of my son with our first flock in 2008. Those chickens were all so friendly and approachable.

 

[leek13]

Lee, Welcome. I have some Hampshire reds. they are great birds, and make great pets. Warning: They do tend to get overweight. Probably my fault.

Im really excited to watch the rooster grow up, and how the dynamics of a flock I'm used to changes with the Roo!

 

[leek13]

Welcome Lee! May is a great time of year to get chicks. Don't feel bad about having so many on their way. I did that too the first time I got chicks. I ordered from McMurray too. We ended up butchering 7 roosters and kept just one, a fabulous Plymouth Barred Rock named Roo (kids named him)! The breeds you chose are all nice and I think you and your family will have lots of fun with them. Get the kids out with them and let them pick them up and tame them, it's a great way for kids to spend free time and you get end up with really friendly chickens that love to be around people. Also, don't forget to name them all!

I took this photo of my son with our first flock in 2008. Those chickens were all so friendly and approachable.

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<3 Yes Ma'am! Pics are soon as my gals get here!

 

[BabasCoop]

Hi Everyone! I've been lurking for a while and thought I'd better introduce myself . My name is Lee and this is my second go round with chickens. I had chickens several years ago, but we moved so they had to go to new homes. This time is for keeps, and I have new chicks scheduled to get here on May 12th-ish.

My first order is for 10 New Hampshire Reds and 10 Ausrtilorps. Then I started thinking that I'd like to have a rooster this time. (I couldn't have one before because of noise ordinances) Trouble is thinking about it became an obsession, and before I knew it, my tired eyes were perusing webpages for just the right guy. I found the breed Partridge Rock's roo, and he IS a handsome fella! Only problem is that McMurray's has a 15 bird limit to avoid that nasty fee, soooooooo.... well, now I have 35 chicks, 1 cockeral, and one mystery chick (37 chickens!) on their way, instead of 20! It's a sickness, I tell you!
So the tally will be 10 Australorps, 10 New Hampshire's, 5 Delaware's, 5 white Rocks, and 5 Partridge Rocks, one little mystery girl and of course, aforementioned future Rooster!

I'm an add-driven artist, always into 5,353 projects at once. I love to take a piece out to the chickens yard and brainstorm for new ideas for it - or new ideas for another project! I am the mom to 5 kids, 4 daughters and my precious so, who I lost in 2004 to cancer. He was 16. Our household also includes 2 Great Danes, 2 Basset Hounds, a little mix, and 3 cats. I have 3 grandchildren, who spend a great deal of time at Grammy's 'ranch'.

I look forward to learning more from you and striking up some good conversations!

It’s Chicken math!!! We all do it!