Gardenwarrior from down on the farm

My husband and I live on a hobby farm and have been raising chickens for the past 7 years. Along the way we have had a few of everything, turkeys, 3 different breeds of ducks, guinea hens, meat chickens and laying hens.

This year we have 6 Iza Brown laying hens, they lay wonderful brown eggs. In the spring I bought a pair of Serama chickens. They are so cute. I guess the female got to cold and she died on me, was very upset over that. The rooster is quite happy with the laying hens. I don't have any other roosters so he crows away and rules the roost. I also have 2 Columbian Rocks not laying yet. They are going to be big birds, way bigger than I thought. We also have 12 - 2 week old meat chicks, doing really well.

In a second pen we have 2 pair of guinea hens. The one is sitting off and on, hoping for some babies.

I became interested in this web site when my Serama hen was sick. I was looking for information to nurse her back to health. I put her in with the meat chicks where there was a heat lamp. Gave her a syringe of water every couple hours. She lasted 3 days but never did look any better

Yes I am the gardenwarrior with my husbands help of course. We have 4 gardens, corn, potatoes, giant pumpkins, and then veggies. We have a hoop house, this year 12 potted tomato plants and 3 pots of cucs in there, have a huge problem with blight in the gardens. We also have a 5'X16' pool in there, I like the water temp at 82...lol. A huge tree line perennial bed and 5 other smaller flower beds. Our farm looks like a park with huge 80 yr old maple trees and pine trees.

We have 3 married children, one son and 2 daughters and 6 grand children, oldest is a boy 13 and the rest are girls. My husband is a heavy equipment mechanic and I'm home on the farm. We love to travel and take a 30 day vacation every winter.

Looking forward to reading the wealth of information on the Back Yard Chicken web site......Brenda