Chicken Math. Or "The story of how I didn't want chickens and got hooked"

[azurbanclucker]

 

[MagpieDucks]

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More? or old ones? I think we need another list.

 

[azurbanclucker]

More? or old ones? I think we need another list.

The Naked Neck and one of the Blue laced reds. The middle one is the new blue bresse hen.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Here's a current list @ViolinPlayer123. Summer has sucked, and I've lost some of my favorite birds.

* Buttercup: Delaware Hen
* Oreo and Henwyn: Barred Rocks
* Merry: EE
* Ole' Ole': GLW's (2)
* Fluffy, Buffy, and Fuzzy: Bantam Silkies (Black/Buff/White) (2 of which started laying yesterday)
* Marilyin: Tolbunt Polish
* Maude: White crested Blue Polish
* Blackie: Black Langshan roo
* Nyx: Svart Hona
* Beaky: Naked Neck
* Olive: Maran mix
* Miss Frizzle: Bantam Cochin Frizzle
* Black Ameraucauna
* Lavender Ameracauna
* Cuckoo Maran (who may be a roo but is not crowing so can't tell yet)
* Black Isbar
* OE
* BLRW (2)
* Blue Bresse Hen
* Splash Bresse Hen
* Blue Bresse Roo
*6 Blue Langshans (AKA "I got one new chick at the store" )

Traded out:
Cuckoo Maran Roo
OE Roo

Homies we're pouring one out for due to the heat or my stupidity:
* Rudy: GLW Roo
* Gidget: White Crested Black Polish
* Belle: Splash Langshan
* Peepers: Mottled Java
* Elvis: Silver Polish
* Black Bresse Roo
* A couple assorted Isbars and ameraucaunas that had lice and I caught too late.

 

[JaeG]

You have had a rough summer! I'm glad you found some more Langshans.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Yay for the silkies! How many eggs a day do you get?

 

[azurbanclucker]

Yay for the silkies! How many eggs a day do you get?

Not a lot right now. Fowl pox is making the rounds in the phx area right now and the girls are all off from it. Except the silkies for some reason. It'll settle itself out in a couple weeks I think, and we'll be at a 10 per day potential

 

[MagpieDucks]

Not a lot right now. Fowl pox is making the rounds in the phx area right now and the girls are all off from it. Except the silkies for some reason. It'll settle itself out in a couple weeks I think, and we'll be at a 10 per day potential

Wow you sure are having a rough summer with those chickens. Thanks for the list.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Wow you sure are having a rough summer with those chickens. Thanks for the list.

I look at it this way. If we have all of this crap going on this year, and we get it all handled successfully, we're in epic shape going forward.

 

[azurbanclucker]

A little variety in the zoo. This is the return trip from soak time in my wife's soaking tub. (Shhh, don't tell her).