The excitment mounts! Drum roll please. Whoever thought there was so much excitement about being locked down! For us chicken tenders the term is exciting but for many others not so much. June 11 I set 20 "Yard Bird Exclusive" eggs, a special cross of RIR, PR, and BS. When I started raising chickens I had no idea it would be so much fun. I want to thank all of you at BackYard Chickens for the tremendous amount of helpful information you have made available over the years. For those who just started raising chickens yesterday, your going to love it. For those of you who may be wondering about "Yard Bird Exclusive" brand eggs, that's the name I gave them because they are exclusive to my yard and its a mixed flock of 1 Rhode Island Red (RIR) rooster, 1 Black Star (BS) rooster with 1 Rhode Isalnd Red (RIR) hen, 2 Plymouth Rock (PR) hens and 2 Black Star (BS) hens. The rooster to hen ratio is a little bit high but we're workin on that. This flock affectionately known as the Gang of Seven is 100% free range on seven acres. Yesterday, June 29th I turned out a Flock of Eight consisting of 1 Buff Orpington (BO) rooster, 5 Black Star (BS) Roosters, and 2 Buff Orpington (BO) hens. That is an unacceptable ratio of roosters to hens but the Flock of Eight get along very well together. They all have 14 acres to roam on but choose to use only seven. The Gang of Seven rule the acrage, when they encounter the Flock of Eight there are fire works! Happy fourth of July ya'll.