lowflyer
Chirping
- Mar 9, 2015
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We bought an old abandoned 12 acre horse farm right up the road from our house, and are building a coop in one end of the stables for the babies we bought. There are 19 (we hope) pullets and six bantams. Four or five of the Buff Orpingtons are ready to leave the brooder bins and go into the coop, so we need to finish it this weekend.
We started out with a shipment of assorted layers from Meyer Hatchery, and added to them from Tractor Supply.
We have about 8 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and we're still guessing what the rest might be, based on the information and pictures I have found here.
I think we have a Light Brown Leghorn and a Welsummer, but no idea about the rest.
The bantams were an impulse buy, but they're adorable! When I have enough posts to add pictures, I'll post them in the Identify the Chick forum.
We started out with a shipment of assorted layers from Meyer Hatchery, and added to them from Tractor Supply.
We have about 8 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and we're still guessing what the rest might be, based on the information and pictures I have found here.
I think we have a Light Brown Leghorn and a Welsummer, but no idea about the rest.
The bantams were an impulse buy, but they're adorable! When I have enough posts to add pictures, I'll post them in the Identify the Chick forum.
) Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
Raising chicks is a fantastic experience lots of fun and very rewarding as you watch and nurture them to adult hood. 12 acres sounds fantastic lots of room for lots of chickens!! 
