I lost the last of my two Buckeyes last week for no apparent reason. She was fine in the morning and dead a little after noon. Everybody else in the coop (Welsummer rooster & hen, Golden laced Wyandotte, and Barred Rock) is in fine fettle. I had started a mixed flock because I didn't really know which breed I was going to click with, and wouldn't you know it, it was the Buckeye. BYC is a baaaaad site to wander around in when I'm unhappy, if the definition of bad is "winding up with more chickens". Before I knew it I found this thread, read all of the then-92 pages, and ordered hatching eggs. Don't know when they're going to get here, but the incubator is out of storage and being gone over with a fine-tooth comb. A new Buckeye-only coop is under construction, and I really hope the spouse meant it when he said he knew how much I wanted this particular bird
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Stephanie
Stephanie