As of right now i have 7 older RIRs: Goldie, Zuma (aka Mother Hen), Jay Jay, Harriet, Fluffyhead, Shiloh. I started out with 10, but unfortunately, 1 died as a chick, and the nabor dogs stole the other 2. 
We got them early march, and in november Zuma went broody. She hatched a silkie and dominique mix (sorry if that is spelled wrong), and since the other eggs did not make it, we bought five more darlings. A california white: Fidget, a black sexlink: Night, an australorp: Pecker, a production red: Maple, and another RIR: Autumn. Once they were older, around may, we purchased 13 cornish x for meat birds, along with four turkeys. I wrote a book on them and i am hoping for it to come out on amazon at the end of march, so if anyone is interested... it is called Chip. The four turkey's names were Peeper, Crazy Feather, Tom, and Chip. During that we got 2 silkie roos, Black and Kohaku (Which means amber in japanese) and a female, Sunny. By september all the turkeys had died but one, Chip, so we bought two more males. Tom and Jake. We are butchering Jake. Even later, like november, we bought more meaties, and a chick i hatched went into the new meat bird coop. Then we butchered all but three meat birds and a rooster, Sweetpea, who was the hatcher. The 3 meaties would become breeders. Then we bought a 6 month old RIR roo boy, whom we named Sammy Hagar LOL. Now Chip laid fertile eggs, and 3 are hatching tomorrow, and 8 will hatch in 16 days. I made a hatch a long for them!
TIA for reading! I would love any responses or stories!
We got them early march, and in november Zuma went broody. She hatched a silkie and dominique mix (sorry if that is spelled wrong), and since the other eggs did not make it, we bought five more darlings. A california white: Fidget, a black sexlink: Night, an australorp: Pecker, a production red: Maple, and another RIR: Autumn. Once they were older, around may, we purchased 13 cornish x for meat birds, along with four turkeys. I wrote a book on them and i am hoping for it to come out on amazon at the end of march, so if anyone is interested... it is called Chip. The four turkey's names were Peeper, Crazy Feather, Tom, and Chip. During that we got 2 silkie roos, Black and Kohaku (Which means amber in japanese) and a female, Sunny. By september all the turkeys had died but one, Chip, so we bought two more males. Tom and Jake. We are butchering Jake. Even later, like november, we bought more meaties, and a chick i hatched went into the new meat bird coop. Then we butchered all but three meat birds and a rooster, Sweetpea, who was the hatcher. The 3 meaties would become breeders. Then we bought a 6 month old RIR roo boy, whom we named Sammy Hagar LOL. Now Chip laid fertile eggs, and 3 are hatching tomorrow, and 8 will hatch in 16 days. I made a hatch a long for them! TIA for reading! I would love any responses or stories!
