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Vinniethefish

In the Brooder
Mar 26, 2015
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Renton, Washington
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:

 
ohh WOW same here I have been around chickens a long time! And that must be a huge coop
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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.
 
Hi :welcome

Glad you could join the flock! What a lovely flock you have there and a great coop!! Wishing you the very best of luck with your Australorp hope you get her back to full health soon :fl

Enjoy BYC and all the chicken chat :frow
 
Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided join to our flock. A lot of us were lurkers before joining. You have a nice mixed flock. Black Sex Links are my favorite. They are friendly and hardy egg laying machines. I've raised them for years (along with dozens of other breeds and hybrids), and my BSLs have been my best layers, consistently churning out more than 300 eggs per bird per year. I also love Black Australorps and am glad your BA hen survived the raccoon attack and is healing. :eek:) Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 
Chickens seem to have amazing recuperative powers - just keep an eye out for signs of infection and make sure flies don't get to her wounds. Maggots can cause more destruction than her initial injuries.
 

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