I guess I didn't heed the addiction warning on the homepage.
We got 6 in mid-March, 2RSL/2BSL/2EEs. Then I started learning about breeds. And wanted some. Tried to tell myself that next year we could 2-3 more. Then an EE went boy, which we can't have so there was "room" for more. And the darn feed store where I've gone to get fencing and shaving had the breeds I wanted. And had them again the next time I went. And my husband went out of town for a week. So really it's his fault that I got 4 more on Friday.
So once the boy goes we'll be at 9, and chicken math makes that closer to 7, right?
It sure feels easier this time (the first 6 were our first ever), we have all the stuff and I feel like I have half a clue about what we're doing. Not all paranoid like with the first batch.
Although I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the varying ages. The older girls are 8+ weeks. 3 of the new ones are about 1 week, and 1 of them is 3 weeks (the PRs just were not going). Not the smartest mix, but oh well. Do I just keep raising the 3 weeker at the pace of the 1 weekers? And soon i'll be posting about how to introduce the 2 bunches to eachother.
Here's the new bunch: 2 Speckled Sussex (the lightest and darkest in the bin), 1 "Ameracauna" (Ok...EE...to replace to EE roo from the 1st batch), and the PR (which the littler ones treat like "mom" trying to hide under her....very very cute!):
We got 6 in mid-March, 2RSL/2BSL/2EEs. Then I started learning about breeds. And wanted some. Tried to tell myself that next year we could 2-3 more. Then an EE went boy, which we can't have so there was "room" for more. And the darn feed store where I've gone to get fencing and shaving had the breeds I wanted. And had them again the next time I went. And my husband went out of town for a week. So really it's his fault that I got 4 more on Friday.
So once the boy goes we'll be at 9, and chicken math makes that closer to 7, right?
It sure feels easier this time (the first 6 were our first ever), we have all the stuff and I feel like I have half a clue about what we're doing. Not all paranoid like with the first batch.
Although I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the varying ages. The older girls are 8+ weeks. 3 of the new ones are about 1 week, and 1 of them is 3 weeks (the PRs just were not going). Not the smartest mix, but oh well. Do I just keep raising the 3 weeker at the pace of the 1 weekers? And soon i'll be posting about how to introduce the 2 bunches to eachother.
Here's the new bunch: 2 Speckled Sussex (the lightest and darkest in the bin), 1 "Ameracauna" (Ok...EE...to replace to EE roo from the 1st batch), and the PR (which the littler ones treat like "mom" trying to hide under her....very very cute!):
