Aloha from the Big Island! I'm a newby backyard farmer with 6 3wk old Buff Orpingtons, 5 3wk old Barred Rocks, 2 2wk old RIRs & 1 2wk old Araucana...AND hoping they're ALL hens!! With the rising cost of EVERYTHING, my family & I decided that it is time we try harder to become more self sufficient...that is until we fell in love with all our chickies!!!! We are looking forward to ordering at least 2 dozen more of various breeds before summer's end! Personnally, I didn't realize how relaxing it would be just to watch these comical creatures (and I can do that for hours!!!) Tonight is their 1st night out in the yard, enclosed in their covered tractor & hopefully secure enough so nothing gets in! As you can tell, I'm really nervous about it, but they quickly outgrew their brood box! My DH built a BEAUTIFUL hen house, but we still have to make their attached run & I figure it'll be another couple of weeks before they'll be ready for that!
My grandchildren absolutely adore their chickies too!
