-Flock Timeline-

[TheChiggens]

2015-I would love to hear from other people about the history of there flock! Please use same format as shown below. And go back as far as you can remember!

Here is my flock's history!

2013-
1 Red Star rooster
3 Red Star hens
3 Barred Plymouth Rock hens
2015-
4 New Hampshire Red hens
5 Buff Orpington hens
4 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
1 Rhode Island Red hen
1 Buff Brahma hen
2017-
3 Bantam Polish hens
3 Barred Plymouth Rock roosters
2019-
3 Dominque hens
3 Deleware hens
3 Black Astrolorp hens
For 2020
1 Salmon Faverolle rooster
2 Golden Laced Wyandotte hens

Total Owned: 37

Alive Today:
1 New Hampshire Red hen
2 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
2 Buff Orpington hens
1 Rhode Island Red hen
1 Bantam Polish hen
3 Dominque hens
2 Deleware hens
3 Black Astrolorp hens


What diversity some flock histories can have!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Great idea. Mine would take up pages. I look forward to seeing others.

 

[TheChiggens]

ok

 

[aart]

I have a running list from the last 3 years, but not for the preceding 3 years.
Not going to format it like yours tho, sorry,
but here's screen shot from my spread sheet.
Some odd notes on there that may not make sense to anyone but me.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Very impressive! Wow! Both @TheChiggens and @aart . And @aart 's is so organized (#chickenkeepinggoals). Mine's short, cuz I'm a noob!

2018:
1 Barred Plymouth Rock hen
1 Buff Orpington hen
1 Buff Brahma hen
1 White Cochin hen
1 Welsummer pullet

2019:
1 Silver Sebright cockerel
1 Black Silkie pullet
1 Splash Silkie cockerel
1 Buff Silkie pullet
1 White Silkie pullet
1 Polish Bantam pullet

Alive today:
1 Barred Plymouth Rock hen
1 Buff Orpington hen
1 Buff Brahma hen
1 White Cochin hen
1 Welsummer pullet
1 Silver Sebright cockerel
1 Black Silkie pullet
1 Splash Silkie cockerel

Total owned: a whopping 11

2020 Planning to add:
Speckled Sussex
Buff Laced Polish
Easter Egger

 

[aart]

And @aart 's is so organized

If I don't record it, I'll forget

 

[Aunt Angus]

If I don't record it, I'll forget

See, now, my chickens I can remember because I'm so chicken crazy. It's everything else I forget anymore...

 

[TheChiggens]

Would you guys like to post as much you can remember?

 

[centrarchid]

2015-I would love to hear from other people about the history of there flock! Please use same format as shown below. And go back as far as you can remember!

Here is my flock's history!

2013-
1 Red Star rooster
3 Red Star hens
3 Barred Plymouth Rock hens
2015-
4 New Hampshire Red hens
5 Buff Orpington hens
4 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
1 Rhode Island Red hen
1 Buff Brahma hen
2017-
3 Bantam Polish hens
3 Barred Plymouth Rock roosters
2019-
3 Dominque hens
3 Deleware hens
3 Black Astrolorp hens
For 2020
1 Salmon Faverolle rooster
2 Golden Laced Wyandotte hens

Total Owned: 37

Alive Today:
1 New Hampshire Red hen
2 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens
2 Buff Orpington hens
1 Rhode Island Red hen
1 Bantam Polish hen
3 Dominque hens
2 Deleware hens
3 Black Astrolorp hens


What diversity some flock histories can have!

Any hatched from your flock? What is average age of retirement? What is cause?

These are questions of interest to me. I hypothesize you will see two major types of flock history. First will be where the majority of all birds are outsourced from commercial hatchery and leave few if any descendants. The second will involve replacements breed on site and will be the source for some chickens used by other type of flock manager.

 

[TheChiggens]

I have not yet had chicks from the flock. Since I'm pretty new. But after much research, I will be giving it a try soon!

The average life span for a chicken about 8-10 years
Unless some kind of predator Fox, Coyote, Hawk, etc.