dlp40
Chirping
Hello all, my name is David and i hail from Sc these days. I a have a real, although newly found, love for chickens!
I had chickens as a young child, white leghorns, and the hens were mean as they came. No need for a roo but we had one and he was a wimp! He got beat by his girls.
Now that the chicken background out of the way, here i am 30 yrs later and i have 6 chickens today, mixed layer flock. White leghorn,blk sexlink, barred rock, buff orp, easter egger, and an olive egger that looks like a blue copper with a beard lol. I say my flock today because my daughter has requested some silkies for pets and come thursday i will be making that happen. I'm a sucker for my girls, human and feathered.
The layers live in a 7x8 handmade, by me, coop with a 15x15 run. They get free ranged most everyday though. The new chickens will be in my tractor, also my creation, 8x4 with a movable paddock style run, which verys in length and width depending in how i stake it in the yard. The tractor will be getting 3 bantam cochins for now and silkies and babtam cochin chicks in a few weeks. The chicks are going into a big brooder in the shed for now.
My flock will be a little large for my wifes liking but she knows they contribute unlike her pet cat, so she deals with. Plus i live in a subdivision and while im not restricted i don't like angry neighbors so the flock will stop here.....for now lol.
Well i hope that is an exceptable introduction. Feel free to ask any questions you may have for me. Opps i almost forgot, my first love is my tropical fish, though fish and chickens are fast becoming 1a and 1b. Glad to finally be in the BYC family.
David
I had chickens as a young child, white leghorns, and the hens were mean as they came. No need for a roo but we had one and he was a wimp! He got beat by his girls.
Now that the chicken background out of the way, here i am 30 yrs later and i have 6 chickens today, mixed layer flock. White leghorn,blk sexlink, barred rock, buff orp, easter egger, and an olive egger that looks like a blue copper with a beard lol. I say my flock today because my daughter has requested some silkies for pets and come thursday i will be making that happen. I'm a sucker for my girls, human and feathered.
The layers live in a 7x8 handmade, by me, coop with a 15x15 run. They get free ranged most everyday though. The new chickens will be in my tractor, also my creation, 8x4 with a movable paddock style run, which verys in length and width depending in how i stake it in the yard. The tractor will be getting 3 bantam cochins for now and silkies and babtam cochin chicks in a few weeks. The chicks are going into a big brooder in the shed for now.
My flock will be a little large for my wifes liking but she knows they contribute unlike her pet cat, so she deals with. Plus i live in a subdivision and while im not restricted i don't like angry neighbors so the flock will stop here.....for now lol.
Well i hope that is an exceptable introduction. Feel free to ask any questions you may have for me. Opps i almost forgot, my first love is my tropical fish, though fish and chickens are fast becoming 1a and 1b. Glad to finally be in the BYC family.
David
sounds like you are well on your way! we have 6 red sex link hens and have been keeping chickens since May. We are loving every minute. There is a lot of useful info on this site..enjoy 
