- Jun 1, 2015
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So.
I figured I was on the cattle today forum cause I'm a cow freak, and now I have the chicken bug so I thought joining here is the natural next step.
It started with my nephew.
He "kidnapped" a standard barn pigeon chick to raise and he got addicted.
Showed her at the fair.
She's a real pet.
Then he got a few tumblers and last spring they got a few broilers to raise and a few Wyandottes and Australorps. All straight run. Wouldn't you know, the broilers they had more hens and the layers they had more roos.
Time goes on, nephew won a $200 scholarship at the fair for those pigeons he's been showing and he's now required to get at least 10 show quality chickens with the money.
I'm still not hooked.
Even with all the exotic chicks he picked up I'm not hooked yet.
This is where I got on board.
Nephew buys an incubator with some of his scholarship allowance (he can use it for supplies too, not just birds)
Nephew incubates 8 eggs from his layers, two from each of the four hens, two hens are Wyandottes, two Australorps. They are with an Aussie roo.
Six hatch.
Four purebred and two hybrid.
A switch flips on inside me.
Ahhhhhhhh
Suddenly chickens are my new addiction.
Feed store has open house when chicks are just hatching.
I suggest to my brother that he buy more pullets to add to the flock for an early birthday gift for my nephew. Brother wants two of each. His wife wanted three Ameracauna and then we only ended up with one Barred Rock.
Nephew tells me about EE. I'm fascinated... I'm obsessed.
Then I learn about Olive Eggers and I order hatching eggs of those and Rhodebar (I'm a sucker for combined shipping)
Eggs due to hatch in about a week, I know the mail is hard on them but still hopeful for a few chicks.
I'm mildly OCD... I don't like that the feed store pullets are in odd sets so I ordered one more each of the Barred and the Ameracauna. Haha.
With the mail hatching eggs, they should have a few buddies to grow with.
I hope the mixed flock gets along.
Rhode Island Red
Dual Brown
Barred Rock
Australorp
Wyandotte
Buff Orpington
Ameracauna
And hopefully
Olive Egger
And Rhodebar
I'm super excited to get multi color eggs... tho I know many will be brown.
sqweeeeeeee
Okay that's my story.
Oh. And I adore the baby Ams the most.
Beautifully unique and inquisitive.
I figured I was on the cattle today forum cause I'm a cow freak, and now I have the chicken bug so I thought joining here is the natural next step.
It started with my nephew.
He "kidnapped" a standard barn pigeon chick to raise and he got addicted.
Showed her at the fair.
She's a real pet.
Then he got a few tumblers and last spring they got a few broilers to raise and a few Wyandottes and Australorps. All straight run. Wouldn't you know, the broilers they had more hens and the layers they had more roos.
Time goes on, nephew won a $200 scholarship at the fair for those pigeons he's been showing and he's now required to get at least 10 show quality chickens with the money.
I'm still not hooked.
Even with all the exotic chicks he picked up I'm not hooked yet.
This is where I got on board.
Nephew buys an incubator with some of his scholarship allowance (he can use it for supplies too, not just birds)
Nephew incubates 8 eggs from his layers, two from each of the four hens, two hens are Wyandottes, two Australorps. They are with an Aussie roo.
Six hatch.
Four purebred and two hybrid.
A switch flips on inside me.
Ahhhhhhhh
Suddenly chickens are my new addiction.
Feed store has open house when chicks are just hatching.
I suggest to my brother that he buy more pullets to add to the flock for an early birthday gift for my nephew. Brother wants two of each. His wife wanted three Ameracauna and then we only ended up with one Barred Rock.
Nephew tells me about EE. I'm fascinated... I'm obsessed.
Then I learn about Olive Eggers and I order hatching eggs of those and Rhodebar (I'm a sucker for combined shipping)
Eggs due to hatch in about a week, I know the mail is hard on them but still hopeful for a few chicks.
I'm mildly OCD... I don't like that the feed store pullets are in odd sets so I ordered one more each of the Barred and the Ameracauna. Haha.
With the mail hatching eggs, they should have a few buddies to grow with.
I hope the mixed flock gets along.
Rhode Island Red
Dual Brown
Barred Rock
Australorp
Wyandotte
Buff Orpington
Ameracauna
And hopefully
Olive Egger
And Rhodebar
I'm super excited to get multi color eggs... tho I know many will be brown.
sqweeeeeeee
Okay that's my story.
Oh. And I adore the baby Ams the most.
Beautifully unique and inquisitive.
