Hello All

Hello Everyone,

I've been a lurker for a good year and a half now and finally decided to join.

I've had chickens as a youngster and into my early teens but took a break for a while. As space and time permits and I finally have my own house with some space I was able to have some hens again. Our ladies are used for egg production and hopefully if I figure it out i'd like to enter one or two in the State fair.

I have a strange addiction to chickens as i think they are one of the most fascinating animals ever. They have a quirky personality and I think that is why I love them so much. I am learning about the heritage birds and find them all quite fascinating.

Currently I have a 70 square foot coop and about 300 square feet of fenced up yard for the ladies to live in. I let them roam in the backyard which is about 1/4 acre every other day to free range and that keeps them pretty happy.

Right now we have:

Black Australorp
Black Sex LInk
Cuckoo Maran
2 Road Island Reds

Chicks:
2 Ameraucanas
1 Jersey Giant

At my dads house I have ( Which I believe will end up at my house):
A brown lace wyndotte
Giant Black Cochin
Ameraucana.

All the ladies are happy and healthy at the moment. One was attacked by a racoon due to my major fail as an owner. I left the coop open one night and a raccoon got to the ladies. The raccoon mangled up the Black Australorps neck, but didn't kill her. I've been nursing her back to health inside the house and fingers crossed she is making a very nice recovery with cleanings and antibacterial ointment.

Anyhow enough rambling, I put some videos up here and there of my chicks on youtube. Check them out if you'd like.

I think this site is great and has great information, so please keep on clucking.


Black Australorp:




First 4 Chickens:



Our Coop and Egg hunting:

 

The coop is a bit excessive. I wanted to make sure it was big enough for the ladies to move around inside when it rains and tall enough for me to walk in and clean everything up.

Ill tell you a coop you can walk into definitely makes a difference for maintenance purposes.