- Apr 8, 2014
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I am new to this site but far from new to chickens.....I grabbed my incubators out of the attic that I have not touched since the move and here I am.....Before we moved I had an amazing flock of birds I was very proud of.....My daughter had left home just a few years before and I padded my empty nest with feathers....
My dream was coming to reality I had eggs shipped from all over the country and spent a great deal of money getting my flocks set up to offer an amazing assortment of birds to a little farm town who only knew chickens as "reds" and "dominickers" LOL I smile as I say that God love um....I do miss that little farm town
About the time I had everything set.....I had battled the ups and downs of a new bird breeder my husband walks in one day 4 years ago this month and said....I have a job offer in Huntsville,AL and I need to take it or my job is going to be gone here......and then he told me I had three weeks to pack and prepare to move into an Apartment ....This meant all my animals fur and feathered had to have homes as well as I had to find an apartment and pack up my life....
Needless to say I had to make the decision to give everything away in an attempt to find everything a good home....my birds....my dogs....2 horses that were like children.....It was traumatic....I had saved so hard and built all those pens.....many times I would get a dozen hatching eggs to get one hen out of them....I prayed about it....How I got a good home for everything lord only knows....even my horses.....
I stayed in out apartment for a yr then we bought my house here......I stuck my incubators up in the attic and that was that.....last year for my B day ,.....My husband built me a darling coupe here.....I felt all I wanted was a few pets for eggs so I got some Buffs....then I ran into some darling little silkies and they were calling my name so I got a few of them and they now have their own little coupe..
I was putting some of the grandbabies stuff up in the attic he was not using any more and found my incubators this weekend....That thrill once again ran though ,me.....so here I am sitting here with an incubator heating up trying to decide what kind of eggs I want
My dream was coming to reality I had eggs shipped from all over the country and spent a great deal of money getting my flocks set up to offer an amazing assortment of birds to a little farm town who only knew chickens as "reds" and "dominickers" LOL I smile as I say that God love um....I do miss that little farm town
About the time I had everything set.....I had battled the ups and downs of a new bird breeder my husband walks in one day 4 years ago this month and said....I have a job offer in Huntsville,AL and I need to take it or my job is going to be gone here......and then he told me I had three weeks to pack and prepare to move into an Apartment ....This meant all my animals fur and feathered had to have homes as well as I had to find an apartment and pack up my life....
Needless to say I had to make the decision to give everything away in an attempt to find everything a good home....my birds....my dogs....2 horses that were like children.....It was traumatic....I had saved so hard and built all those pens.....many times I would get a dozen hatching eggs to get one hen out of them....I prayed about it....How I got a good home for everything lord only knows....even my horses.....
I stayed in out apartment for a yr then we bought my house here......I stuck my incubators up in the attic and that was that.....last year for my B day ,.....My husband built me a darling coupe here.....I felt all I wanted was a few pets for eggs so I got some Buffs....then I ran into some darling little silkies and they were calling my name so I got a few of them and they now have their own little coupe..
I was putting some of the grandbabies stuff up in the attic he was not using any more and found my incubators this weekend....That thrill once again ran though ,me.....so here I am
sitting here with an incubator heating up trying to decide what kind of eggs I want 
and Welcome To BYC! And Welcome back to the world of chickens! Sorry about the flock you had to place, that must have been really hard, hope you are able to find the breeds you decide on now. Be sure to check out the BYC Buy-Sell-Trade forum, lots of hatching eggs available. Wishing you Good Hatching Luck!
