- Aug 7, 2014
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Hi all,
Just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I started raising chickens when a friend had what turned out to be a game hen and three chicks wander up in her yard after a storm. My wife and I caught them and took them home and eventually built a coop and fenced in a corner of the yard with the coop. I traded the game chickens and bought a dozen of what where supposedly Gold-Laced Wyandottes from Tractor Supply Co. They ended up being Speckled Sussex. We also bought two Buff Orps and two Australorps. A dog attack took out all but three Sussex roosters and one Buff. My dad brought eleven black sex links and one sex link rooster. I sold two of the Sussex roosters. Currently I have one Sussex Roo, a black sex link roo (juvenille), and 8 black sex link hens. We are still learning and enjoying the chickens. My wife is a professional cake baker, uses 5+ dozen eggs per week, so we intend to make good use of the eggs from our flock asap.
Dennis
Just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I started raising chickens when a friend had what turned out to be a game hen and three chicks wander up in her yard after a storm. My wife and I caught them and took them home and eventually built a coop and fenced in a corner of the yard with the coop. I traded the game chickens and bought a dozen of what where supposedly Gold-Laced Wyandottes from Tractor Supply Co. They ended up being Speckled Sussex. We also bought two Buff Orps and two Australorps. A dog attack took out all but three Sussex roosters and one Buff. My dad brought eleven black sex links and one sex link rooster. I sold two of the Sussex roosters. Currently I have one Sussex Roo, a black sex link roo (juvenille), and 8 black sex link hens. We are still learning and enjoying the chickens. My wife is a professional cake baker, uses 5+ dozen eggs per week, so we intend to make good use of the eggs from our flock asap.
Dennis