- Sep 7, 2017
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I finally decided to join Backyard Chickens after reading and raising chickens for 4 years.
We live in the southwest and currently have 1 Barred Rooster, and 5 hens (barred rock, Rhode Island Red, buff orphington, and 2 semi unknowns). Our 2 semi unknowns, the wild twins as I call them were given to us by my sister when someone in their neighbors had "wild" chickens keep coming back into their yard. They have my sister a total of 6 but she could only keep 4 so we took the other two. I keep going back and forth on whether they are Brown Leghorns or Americaunas. I lean toward Brown Leghorns only because of their egg color when they lay (super light brown almost white) although even that doesn't follow the traditional egg size for Brown Leghorns.
(If I can figure out to post a picture I'll get that done maybe someone can help me identify those two.)
The Wild Twins do fit the normal behavior patterns of Leghorns so again that's where I'm leaning towards on them. They are fiesta and are the 2 hens my rooster doesn't touch. Also because they are "wild" they are still scared of us even after we have had them for almost 3 years.
One of the wild twins has always been a bit broody and although I can normally get her to stop being broody about 3 months ago she decided she just wanted to sit on eggs. Now that we have a rooster, who is very active, I decided to just let her sit on 4 eggs to see if she would hatch anything. Last night we heard a chirping noise when we wen to pick the chickens up for the night and sure we enough we had a baby chick!!
Our newest baby looks like a Barred Toxk since that is what our rooster but I won't know if she's full Barred rock or a mixture for a bit I would assume. Although I'm excited to try and guess it's sex in the morning after doing some research.
Pictures of the baby chick with our brooder...
Anyway, that's our chicken story. We also have what's suppose to be a potager garden (I forgot to plant the flowers so it's really more of a creatively designed garden) in the back of the house and 2 dogs so it's like having a tiny farm back there especially with the goats, cows, and ducks that live behind us.
We live in the southwest and currently have 1 Barred Rooster, and 5 hens (barred rock, Rhode Island Red, buff orphington, and 2 semi unknowns). Our 2 semi unknowns, the wild twins as I call them were given to us by my sister when someone in their neighbors had "wild" chickens keep coming back into their yard. They have my sister a total of 6 but she could only keep 4 so we took the other two. I keep going back and forth on whether they are Brown Leghorns or Americaunas. I lean toward Brown Leghorns only because of their egg color when they lay (super light brown almost white) although even that doesn't follow the traditional egg size for Brown Leghorns.
(If I can figure out to post a picture I'll get that done maybe someone can help me identify those two.)
The Wild Twins do fit the normal behavior patterns of Leghorns so again that's where I'm leaning towards on them. They are fiesta and are the 2 hens my rooster doesn't touch. Also because they are "wild" they are still scared of us even after we have had them for almost 3 years.
One of the wild twins has always been a bit broody and although I can normally get her to stop being broody about 3 months ago she decided she just wanted to sit on eggs. Now that we have a rooster, who is very active, I decided to just let her sit on 4 eggs to see if she would hatch anything. Last night we heard a chirping noise when we wen to pick the chickens up for the night and sure we enough we had a baby chick!!
Our newest baby looks like a Barred Toxk since that is what our rooster but I won't know if she's full Barred rock or a mixture for a bit I would assume. Although I'm excited to try and guess it's sex in the morning after doing some research.
Pictures of the baby chick with our brooder...
Anyway, that's our chicken story. We also have what's suppose to be a potager garden (I forgot to plant the flowers so it's really more of a creatively designed garden) in the back of the house and 2 dogs so it's like having a tiny farm back there especially with the goats, cows, and ducks that live behind us.
Congrats on your new chick, If the bird is a LH it will have white earlobes and lay white eggs. We're so happy you joined us
