1ChickenKeeper
In the Brooder
Hello!
I'm one of the many thousand chicken keepers there are around the world, and like almost every other chicken keeper, I adore my hens and I love to spend time with them outside.
I have owned 14 hens and 1 (accidental) rooster in my years of chicken keeping.
Currently, I have 2 adult laying hens in my Current flock. I had Willow (Easter Egger) and Midnight (Silver cuckoo Maran) before Midnight died from a sickness, and Willow, the alpha hen, got snagged by a raccoon. I have no remaining girls from my first flock.
My Chicken story began 5 years ago. It was 2010. I was visiting a small garden store to buy some supplies, as well as browse. I was walking down the stairs to the bottom of the store, when before you know it, I hear peeping. There, resting in the corners of the room, was a grey tub of lively, adorable fuzzy chicks. I just had to get some.... maybe two or three! So off I went, an unexperienced chicken keeper then, just happy to get some chicks.
I got four, but accidently, unknowingly, I got a accidental roo. If I remember correctly, it was a straight run, so they probably weren't sexed either. He started his crowing after many weeks. Sadly, I had to give him away because of the neighborhood, and local rules. He went to a farm.
My first flock consisted of a Plymouth Rock hen, Martha, Rhode Island Red hen Rhody, Welsummer Sara, and Easter Egger Flapper. They supplied us with good eggs for years.
After four years of keeping,nurturing, and collecting their eggs, raccoons invaded the coop and my first flock no longer existed.
I had gotten a batch of four new chicks, in which only two from that batch are still alive now.
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My current small neighborhood backyard flock consists of my Sussex speckled hen Pearl, who walks with a permanent limp from the small raccoon raid that took Willow. I have my dear, sweet, Welsummer hen, Cous. (Prononounced {Kooh-sss.})I currently have three new pullets to walk alongside them; Thor*OfSteele* (Silver laced Wyandotte) Mrs. Cookie (Americana/Easter Egger/my family loves these) and Blue. (Blue copper Maran.) The old girls are still getting used to the "new girls," but each day, it's getting better.
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There's my chicken story.
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Thanks for reading, and it's very nice to meet all of you other chicken fanatics!
I'm one of the many thousand chicken keepers there are around the world, and like almost every other chicken keeper, I adore my hens and I love to spend time with them outside.
I have owned 14 hens and 1 (accidental) rooster in my years of chicken keeping.
Currently, I have 2 adult laying hens in my Current flock. I had Willow (Easter Egger) and Midnight (Silver cuckoo Maran) before Midnight died from a sickness, and Willow, the alpha hen, got snagged by a raccoon. I have no remaining girls from my first flock.
My Chicken story began 5 years ago. It was 2010. I was visiting a small garden store to buy some supplies, as well as browse. I was walking down the stairs to the bottom of the store, when before you know it, I hear peeping. There, resting in the corners of the room, was a grey tub of lively, adorable fuzzy chicks. I just had to get some.... maybe two or three! So off I went, an unexperienced chicken keeper then, just happy to get some chicks.
I got four, but accidently, unknowingly, I got a accidental roo. If I remember correctly, it was a straight run, so they probably weren't sexed either. He started his crowing after many weeks. Sadly, I had to give him away because of the neighborhood, and local rules. He went to a farm.
My first flock consisted of a Plymouth Rock hen, Martha, Rhode Island Red hen Rhody, Welsummer Sara, and Easter Egger Flapper. They supplied us with good eggs for years.
After four years of keeping,nurturing, and collecting their eggs, raccoons invaded the coop and my first flock no longer existed.
I had gotten a batch of four new chicks, in which only two from that batch are still alive now.
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My current small neighborhood backyard flock consists of my Sussex speckled hen Pearl, who walks with a permanent limp from the small raccoon raid that took Willow. I have my dear, sweet, Welsummer hen, Cous. (Prononounced {Kooh-sss.})I currently have three new pullets to walk alongside them; Thor*OfSteele* (Silver laced Wyandotte) Mrs. Cookie (Americana/Easter Egger/my family loves these) and Blue. (Blue copper Maran.) The old girls are still getting used to the "new girls," but each day, it's getting better.
.
There's my chicken story.
p>
Thanks for reading, and it's very nice to meet all of you other chicken fanatics!
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