ALABAMA!!

[Wisher1000]

Hi, Jack! What part of Huntsville are you in? I spent a lot of time there in college. I USED to know my way around pretty well, but that was a long time ago. I actually almost married a man from Huntsville and moved to his farm in Athens......*sigh*

ANYWAY -

 

[gclark94560]

Thanks for the welcome. We're thinking 2 barred rocks, 2 astralorps and then 2 more of a third breed. We may just go for barred rocks and astralorps. Open to suggestions on the third breed. Or alternatives. We're new to this. A friend of ours has a barred rock and I think it's too cool.

I vote for two Buff Orpingtons. Sweet birds and can be large. Good layers I hear. I really don't know as a fox or coyote terminated mine.

 

[Alabama Jack]

We're considering Buff's, but I'm concerned about the barred rocks getting too bossy with them. Thoughts?

Also, Wisher, we live in the Monrovia area, just north of Providence (NW Hsv).

 

[Orps]

I vote for two Buff Orpingtons. Sweet birds and can be large. Good layers I hear. I really don't know as a fox or coyote terminated mine.

Just to give you an idea how big they can be these were the orpingtons that I use to have. They can eat off a 5 gallon bucket and they can see eye to eye with my border collie. But they are really friendly and I use to call them my dogs with feathers. I think Racoons terminated my flock

 

[Dragonfly216]

I drove to Henagar, Alabama to pick up my new LGD. I'm trying to think of a macho name for him, but so far, i just call him Biscuit.

What an adorable baby! I'll have to get that contact info from you next year. I want a good LGD dog myself and have been looking into the different breeds before I started looking for breeders. I love the idea of a nice mix!

 

[Dragonfly216]

I forgot that I haven't shown y'all my new babies yet! All new breeds to me: two females of each, barred rock, Delaware, gold-laced Wyandotte, and Barnevelder . I'm so excited to watch them start feathering in!

This is when I first got them at three days old.

And some baby portraits:

Velma, the Barnevelder

Her sister, Daphne

The two unnamed Gold-laced Wyandottes

Lona and Lewa, the Barred Rocks

And the unnamed Delawares

 

[Orps]

I forgot that I haven't shown y'all my new babies yet! All new breeds to me: two females of each, barred rock, Delaware, gold-laced Wyandotte, and Barnevelder . I'm so excited to watch them start feathering in!

This is when I first got them at three days old.

The chicks are cute

 

[bamadude]

Gas is 2.60 per gallon here

 

[Alabama Jack]

Orps, those are some good (and huge) looking chickens!

 

[Alabama Jack]

So, we were planning to have our chicks delivered in January from Myer Hatchery, but I just realized that the minimum order is 15 until April. We are planning to buy between 6-8. Anyone want to go in on an order??