I rescued them from my neighbor who was a truck driver and lost his home. They were in nasty conditions and even drove over there to take care of them when he wasn't home because I felt sorry for them. They could go weeks with out changing the water or anything! And there were about 40 in a small coop. They had a run, but I soon found out that when he was gone, they never got out. No windows in the coop either. It was aweful!!! I would feed them, change their water and let them out daily. When his place was foreclosed on, he wouldn't give them to me at first. But finally when no one else would "buy" them from him because of thier conditions ( they looked terrible) he finally gave in because his time ran out to move out.
They are Ameraucanas and a few are Wyndottes. He said he raised chickens, but I have no idea for how long or how long he lived on his property. I think for 10 years or more.
Yes they are laying, in fact I was getting 2 or 3 dozen eggs a day when they were his. But now only 6 to 10 eggs a day. But I only have 15 adult hens now. Some died, and I found a nice lady to take some from me. I'll post some pics soon, let me upload them into my photobucket.
