Holy Cow. Just finished reading 1055 pages of this link! My wife was getting ready to stage an intervention.
I feel like I know a lot of you on this board and so my lurking days are over...LOL.
I grew up with chickens in NE Colorado and have wanted to have them again.
My story is the same as many others on this board. I started early in the spring with hatchery "Ameraucanas" and have 5 great EEs that have yet to begin laying. I have 5 Buff Orps as well from March.
Then, a few weeks ago, a gal was getting out of the "chicken business" for a while and I picked up some Wayne Merideth chicks.
I will get some pics up as gender continues to be an issue but I'm pretty sure I have a Blue wheaten roo, 2 blue pullets and one dark blue roo.
I have these birds in quarantine for another month but I hope to be able to get some photos posted.
Thanks to all who have posted. This has been a great learning curve.
Next stop is to join ABC.
Cheers,
Reed