Hi Friends,
We have had chickens since August of 2021. We started with 8 (2 Easter Eggers, 1 Plymouth Barred Rock, and 4 black austrolorps, and 1 sapphire gem. We purchased a coop and the chickens that were 2 years old. In summer of 2022 we added 4 EE chicks (one was a roo which we kept). We culled one austrolorp who was an egg eater. We are planning on purchasing 3 more Plymouth barred rocks very soon. I know we suffer from chicken math, but we are thinking of the new chicks as replacements for some of our older population.
BYC continues to be a huge resource for us. My biggest treasure finds on BYC have been the Mamma Heating Pad for raising our baby chicks, and a recipe for creating our organic fermented chicken feed. Thanks for this useful resource!