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Dracana said:
I started out with 4 EE's and 2 PR's. All should have been pullets but I ended up with 1 PR roo. They are all now about 18 wks old.
After they were old enough to go outside, I started to get empty brooder sickness....and Meyer hatchery is only an hour away....so....welcome home 4 random straight run bantams. They were SO cute and little and they won't take up much room, right!? Now up to 10 total chickens.
Well, they turned out to be 1 EEB roo, 2 mottled Cochin Bantam roos, and 1 white fluffy beautiful silkie pullet. As I already have my PR roo that I have now completely become attached to, the 3 bantam roos are eventually going to become little roasted mouthfuls of goodness.
That leaves me with 6 hens and 1 roo. As I was willing to house, feed and love 10 and am now down to 7, it is completely understandable that I should want to replace the 3 mouthfuls of goodness...right ?!
I have an order placed for pickup on July 7th for 1 BLR wyandotte, 1 GL wyandotte, 1 SS, and 1 Welsummer, all pullet LF.
Will be up to 11 total. *sigh* I just wanted some yummy eggs. LOL
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I would be in so much trouble if they were that close to me.

You will get eggies. Patience is a virtue lol. I would sell the little roos. There is not much meat on them there little fellers. That could fund another trip to Meyer.
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21hens-incharge said:
I would be in so much trouble if they were that close to me.

You will get eggies. Patience is a virtue lol. I would sell the little roos. There is not much meat on them there little fellers. That could fund another trip to Meyer.
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I am a hour and a half from meyer. I think it's just far enough to not stop in weekly to see the bins, but close enough that I can drive to pick up my babies. I just got more Monday. Already looking on the site to see what is available though. Need another coop so I don't squish them like sardines in my tractor....
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I have a feeling this will be me lol. Fortunately, we're already planning on a big coop (that will be split in half...each side with a run).....and a little coop and run so I can have silkies. We're raising for eggs and meat, and I told my fiance I need little fuzzballs so I can at least freely get attached to some of them lol. At least he has come to understand that I'm a sucker and get attached to animals quickly lol.
 
lereg15 said:
When I first came to this forum, I was thinking, how hard is it to get chickens and do simple math? I started out wanting to get 6 chickens, 3 rir's and 3 bo's, which I am still waiting to pick up next Fri. So then I found a guy down the road from me that has some barred rock's and some wyandonette's. I only wanted 6, mind you, but now it's looking more like 10-12 of them, and I havent even got started yet. If it's this hard to just get started, I can imagine how it would be for most of you that are already raising them. I will say that 12 will be my definite limit.....so far.
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I originally only wanted 6. Then I ordered in February from a hatchet and the minimum order was 15. 6 went to 15 before I even had them. Then i decided I did want a rooster after a couple months so now we are up to 16. So I'm at +10 from my original plan. In the spring next year I'm sure it will happen again.
 

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