Chirpin' in from South Florida

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SlowQueen

SlowQueen

In the Brooder
5 Years
May 23, 2014
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Fairy Cup Farm in The Acreage, FL
My Coop
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Feathery Greetings to all!
We started our first flock on 6/21/14. We purchased 6 chicks from our local feed store (Red Barn in WPB - we love them). The chicks all hatched on 6/17/14 and it's really amazing how quickly they grow!

Since the chicks were so young when we got them and we did not know how to sex by wing feathers (learning so much here) we still do not know if we have girls or boys. For fun, we have a list of boy/girl names running on the fridge (let me know if you have any suggestions!).

Our 'flock' currently includes: 2 Black Australorps, 2 Gold Lace Wyandottes and 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks (those 2 are the most adventurous). We have a green Eglu Cube coop which is currently set up on our screened-in back porch functioning as a brooder. As soon as the little cheepers are big enough to be in the run we will relocate the Cube (with run then attached) out to a nice area we are clearing in the backyard.

I love Backyard Chickens! Great community, amazing learning resource and I am so thankful to our little flock for providing us the privilege of being a part of it!

 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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Congrats on the new chicks! They are adorable!

They are still a bit young to sex, but when they grow a bit more, in a few weeks you can post their pics in our What Gender section of the forums for more help....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

Enjoy your new babies! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Welcome to our flock!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! You have a cute little flock! Hope they turn out to be girls for you!
 
Hello,
I'm new to BYC myself, We are practically neighbors I'm in Jupiter farms. Congrats on all the new babies, as far as names do you have any favorite movie character names? That always works for me like Storm/ Aurora, Mistique/ Raven you could have X chickens Little winged super egg layers :). Just a thought it would probably make more sense if you have kids around the house too sometimes they come up with some cute suggestions.
I am almost done with my coop and run. I just need to reinforce the windows and door to help make it more raccoon proof, fingers crossed. Does anyone know how to find a little bit larger than a chic, chicken I'm trying to find austrolorp's, and jersey giants. I will try the Red Barn like SlowQueen did if no one has any suggestions. Congratulations again :) I cant wait till I have some little cherpie babies too.
Trish
 

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