Aloha!! My name is Bea. I started out with 12 chicks in December of 2003. Since then I get a new flock every to years. I bought the book Backyard Chickens right away. I now have 55 hens of various ages and 42 chicks 10 wks old. I have other animals so harmony is a must. The breeds I have bardrock, sexlinks, ameraucana, australorp. I have some new breeds in my chick flock: Silver laced wayandottes, delawares, cukoo marans and welsummers. I just love chickens!