help me build my flock!

[amazondoc]

Thanks for your offer, Adam! I may even take you up on it, but not for at least a few months. I won't be moving til at least June or July, and likely not til fall. At that point, I may wait til spring to add any baby chicks!

At the moment I'm thinking about maybe a partridge cochin roo. They're awfully attractive, AND they're supposed to have trouble breeding, right? So maybe I could squeak by without the exploding flock syndrome!

And just to help me remember, here's the list I've revised since this morning for my projected ideal flock:

2 Ameraucanas
2 gold-laced Wyandottes
1 black Australorps
1 buff Orpington
1 Welsummer
1 speckled Sussex
1 barred Rock
1 partridge cochin roo

I love daydreaming like this!

 

[herechickchick]

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I know your building is in place but this is good info. We always start with "I am only going to keep 8-15" and before you know it you have a flock of 40.

Oh and if you ever want any boys you know where to find me.

 

[amazondoc]

Nonononono! NOT 40 chickens!!

Incidentally, here are pics of my new coop:

http://www.doberinfo.com/propertypics/springcreekcoop.html

Unfortunately I don't have any internal pics of the coop -- yet. If I remember correctly, I believe it has six nests. I plan to expand the yard, all of which is totally enclosed.