HiddenHart
Hatching
Hi, I'm Dee. Well, I've been a stalker of this wonderful site for years, so I joined basically to say thank you for all I've learned. I hope to share what we've done to help others with what is working and the mistakes we have made.
Despite the good advice on here, our first attempt of having backyard chickens on our small 15 acre farm, which is in the city flanked with commercial property and a suburb, did not go well. We bought an online chicken tractor that was poorly protected, bought too many chickens, and ultimately lost 5 of the 6 to predators. The last poor girl was so lonely; she started breaking her eggs. We gave her to another friend with a flock, and she is doing fine. Her name was Lucky.
I was determined not to allow harm to befall our next flock, and thankfully, I have the support of my handy DH to do it right this time. Our first flock were 6 RIR from the Co-op, but this time I wanted a rainbow, so we bought 15 (the minimum in April allowed to be shipped) brown egg layers from mypetchicken.com. My only complaint was that I got 7 "assorted" breeds. I assumed they would send what they had available, which they did, but they did not write down which breeds they sent, nor were they able to tell what I had when I called. But the chicks were healthy and have grown strong. I know we have 2 Gold Stars, 4 Buckeyes, and 2 Rhode Island Reds. I have tried to guess the rest. We have an old shed that we have converted into a coop and built a good-sized yard attached. We let them roam when we are home.
So, thank you again, and we will try to get our coop project story online soon.
God bless.
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Despite the good advice on here, our first attempt of having backyard chickens on our small 15 acre farm, which is in the city flanked with commercial property and a suburb, did not go well. We bought an online chicken tractor that was poorly protected, bought too many chickens, and ultimately lost 5 of the 6 to predators. The last poor girl was so lonely; she started breaking her eggs. We gave her to another friend with a flock, and she is doing fine. Her name was Lucky.
I was determined not to allow harm to befall our next flock, and thankfully, I have the support of my handy DH to do it right this time. Our first flock were 6 RIR from the Co-op, but this time I wanted a rainbow, so we bought 15 (the minimum in April allowed to be shipped) brown egg layers from mypetchicken.com. My only complaint was that I got 7 "assorted" breeds. I assumed they would send what they had available, which they did, but they did not write down which breeds they sent, nor were they able to tell what I had when I called. But the chicks were healthy and have grown strong. I know we have 2 Gold Stars, 4 Buckeyes, and 2 Rhode Island Reds. I have tried to guess the rest. We have an old shed that we have converted into a coop and built a good-sized yard attached. We let them roam when we are home.
So, thank you again, and we will try to get our coop project story online soon.
God bless.
. Pleased you joined us. Sorry to hear your first go round with chickens didn't go so well. Looks like you have taken some step so Round 2 goes better! Best wishes and enjoy your flock and BYC!
