Hello from a mountain in NH

Joined recently. My first post in breeds is still in moderation.

I am getting new chicks over the next couple weeks. (Picked up 2 three week olds last night). I have not had chickens in 30 years!

When I was a lot younger I raised Zebra Finches (parent raised) and Button Quail (incubator hatched from my bird's eggs). I actually started raising Zebra finches when I was 14 years old. But by the 80's I had 100 birds +/- and a small in home bird supply shop where I would special order in birds people wanted

Stopped raising birds when I moved into cold drafty houses, some without electricity. Got into purebred dog breeding, showing and trialing along with public dog training, dog rescue and managing boarding kennels and grooming.

Come full circle it seems and back to birds (still have a couple dogs) and a drafty house

So accumulating a few chicks and still need to build a coop to hold all of them plus be mobile- kind of a chicken tractor/coop combo.. Holy cow when did building materials get so expensive???!!! In the 90's I could have build this thing for $100-150 NOT now wow

 

I am getting Barnevelder and Crested Cream Legbars. I have 2- 3 week old Barnevelders now (see other thread in breed), the CCLB are hatching this weekend. I was going to get the Barnevelders from a place in NY that uses lines from eggs originally brought over by a Dutch man but they don't ship and meeting up with their daughters who live in New England is proving problematic so unsure about those littles at the moment

 

Here is my post in breeds

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1089909/barnevelders-new-here