hwar
In the Brooder
- May 17, 2018
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Hi! I just got four little chicks a couple of weeks ago. These will be the first chickens I've kept as an adult, though we always had a small flock of ~8 RIRs when I was growing up, and I had pet banties as a teen.
That was out in the country, though, and the new little chicks will be town birds, so it'll be interesting to see the differences raising chickens in a more urban environment. No roosters in town, for one! Our roosters were gentle and patient, broke up hen squabbles, and made sure every hen got her share, so it's hard to imagine a flock without one!
And the second big difference is that we've named these chickens and they will be pets as much as livestock. We got four different breeds to make them easy to distinguish. They are:
Papaya - Salmon Faverolles
Stormy - Silver Laced Wyandotte
Agatha - Buff Orpington
Henrietta - Barred Holland (but her legs aren't yellow, so we'll see...)
They all have very different personalities that I think hew pretty closely to standard breed temperament. The kids are really enjoying the chicks. The five-year-old is especially enamored and wants to handle them all the time, so I'm hoping for gentle, friendly birds by the end of the brooding period.
The big challenge now is getting the coop together. I think we probably have a month or so before we want them to transition outside, and we still aren't sure of design and placement. Oh yeah, and we're not very handy at all. I ended up on the site looking at coops that others have built! Inspiring and intimidating all at once.
That was out in the country, though, and the new little chicks will be town birds, so it'll be interesting to see the differences raising chickens in a more urban environment. No roosters in town, for one! Our roosters were gentle and patient, broke up hen squabbles, and made sure every hen got her share, so it's hard to imagine a flock without one!
And the second big difference is that we've named these chickens and they will be pets as much as livestock. We got four different breeds to make them easy to distinguish. They are:
Papaya - Salmon Faverolles
Stormy - Silver Laced Wyandotte
Agatha - Buff Orpington
Henrietta - Barred Holland (but her legs aren't yellow, so we'll see...)
They all have very different personalities that I think hew pretty closely to standard breed temperament. The kids are really enjoying the chicks. The five-year-old is especially enamored and wants to handle them all the time, so I'm hoping for gentle, friendly birds by the end of the brooding period.
The big challenge now is getting the coop together. I think we probably have a month or so before we want them to transition outside, and we still aren't sure of design and placement. Oh yeah, and we're not very handy at all. I ended up on the site looking at coops that others have built! Inspiring and intimidating all at once.
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We are glad you joined our flock!
