Hello Everyone,
My names Gretchen an I live in North Florida. I found this site a few days ago when my "Raising chickens for Dummies" book came in the mail. I was reading through and found your website listed in the book and thought to check it out, impressed at all the knowledgeable people here I decided to join today. I'm going to be buying some chicks (and maybe a duckling or 2) next week. e plan on getting 4 chickens, 2 Barred Rocks and 2 Road Island Reds. Right now the feed store is out of the Barred Rocks they had when I went to get feed and hay the other day, if they don't get any in soon I'll be getting 2 black Sex-links instead of the Barred Rocks. The feed store also has Pekin ducklings, which I really want to have some duck eggs around, but they don't know which are males and which are females. Does anyone know how to sex ducklings?
Currently We have 7 goats, 3 dogs, 3 birds ( 2 parakeets and 1 cockatiel), 1 cat, and 1 turtle. By we I mean My mom, dad, and I. I'm 18 and going to college to be a large/small/exotic animal vet. I have 1 brother who is almost 22 and who had 1 year old twin boys, they live in Kentucky. My sister is almost 26 and married, they live not very far from us (maybe 30 minutes tops).
I think that's about it, I'm looking forward to learning a lot of stuff from here, and be prepared for lots of questions lol
Gretchen
My names Gretchen an I live in North Florida. I found this site a few days ago when my "Raising chickens for Dummies" book came in the mail. I was reading through and found your website listed in the book and thought to check it out, impressed at all the knowledgeable people here I decided to join today. I'm going to be buying some chicks (and maybe a duckling or 2) next week. e plan on getting 4 chickens, 2 Barred Rocks and 2 Road Island Reds. Right now the feed store is out of the Barred Rocks they had when I went to get feed and hay the other day, if they don't get any in soon I'll be getting 2 black Sex-links instead of the Barred Rocks. The feed store also has Pekin ducklings, which I really want to have some duck eggs around, but they don't know which are males and which are females. Does anyone know how to sex ducklings?
Currently We have 7 goats, 3 dogs, 3 birds ( 2 parakeets and 1 cockatiel), 1 cat, and 1 turtle. By we I mean My mom, dad, and I. I'm 18 and going to college to be a large/small/exotic animal vet. I have 1 brother who is almost 22 and who had 1 year old twin boys, they live in Kentucky. My sister is almost 26 and married, they live not very far from us (maybe 30 minutes tops).
I think that's about it, I'm looking forward to learning a lot of stuff from here, and be prepared for lots of questions lol
Gretchen
