Got my flock today!

[BBQJOE]

I think they're a bit freaked out at having so much room. They were picked from a room with about 200 other 8-10 week old birds.
I ended up picking out 8 RIR ladies, 2 Anconas, (I think) and 1 RIR rooster.
I'll get some pics together when they're not so skittish.

Finally happy to have some tenants for this coup I've been working on for almost a month.

On a strange note, the breeder/seller said never to feed chickens fruit, or potatoes. Anyone else heard of this?

 

[GitaBooks]

Congrats on the new chickens! Those are awesome breeds!

I'm not sure why he would say that. Fruit is wonderful and natural for chickens to eat, and they LOVE it! However, raw potatoes can be toxic to animals (and people too).

 

[BBQJOE]

Congrats on the new chickens! Those are awesome breeds!

I'm not sure why he would say that. Fruit is wonderful and natural for chickens to eat, and they LOVE it! However, raw potatoes can be toxic to animals (and people too).

Definitely some conflicting info.

 

[tdepointe]

I agree with GitaBooks on this, Fruit is wonderful and natural food for chickens and raw potatoes are toxic. My chickens enjoy eating the fruit that falls from the trees in my orchard.

 

[Michael OShay]

Congratulations on getting the flock. ) X2 on the other posters; chickens love fruit and I feed it to mine quite often with no harmful side effects. However uncooked potatoes are toxic and should not be fed to animals including chickens. Good luck with the new flock.

 

[drumstick diva]

congratulations on your new flock Joe. Maybe you can sing that rooster song and get them in the mood.