HnHchixmom
Hatching
- Sep 8, 2023
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- 13
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Hi everyone,
I received my very first brood of day old mixed cream Legbar/barred rock/Cochin chicks in March 2023 from my school’s FFA teacher. I took home 5 chicks and ended up with 2 hens and 3 Roos. The hens, Hazel and Harriet, started laying in July. I then received my order of 9 sexed chicks- 3 Silver Laced Black Wyandottes, 3- Easter Egger, 3- Olive Egger with 2 extras (a Wyandotte and Easter Egger) to bring my flock total to 16. We got rid of the 3 original roos, only to discover one of the new brood is a roo and we’re beginning to suspect one of the Easter Eggers is a roo, too. I KNEW I heard 2 different cock-a-doodle-doos lately! I have loved every aspect of chicken rearing so far. The entire family thought I was crazy when I announced I wanted chickens after we bought 20 acres and built our home recently. Now, they all love watching the chickens and eating the eggs; including our two King Charles Cavalier Spaniels and three cats. I’m excited to learn all I can and may even show a hen or two in next year’s county fair. My next purchases will be a frizzle feathered friend, a buff Orpington, or a Lakenvelder (I think). It seems raising chickens is like getting tattoos (addicting)!
I received my very first brood of day old mixed cream Legbar/barred rock/Cochin chicks in March 2023 from my school’s FFA teacher. I took home 5 chicks and ended up with 2 hens and 3 Roos. The hens, Hazel and Harriet, started laying in July. I then received my order of 9 sexed chicks- 3 Silver Laced Black Wyandottes, 3- Easter Egger, 3- Olive Egger with 2 extras (a Wyandotte and Easter Egger) to bring my flock total to 16. We got rid of the 3 original roos, only to discover one of the new brood is a roo and we’re beginning to suspect one of the Easter Eggers is a roo, too. I KNEW I heard 2 different cock-a-doodle-doos lately! I have loved every aspect of chicken rearing so far. The entire family thought I was crazy when I announced I wanted chickens after we bought 20 acres and built our home recently. Now, they all love watching the chickens and eating the eggs; including our two King Charles Cavalier Spaniels and three cats. I’m excited to learn all I can and may even show a hen or two in next year’s county fair. My next purchases will be a frizzle feathered friend, a buff Orpington, or a Lakenvelder (I think). It seems raising chickens is like getting tattoos (addicting)!
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