nicole7blue
In the Brooder
- Mar 31, 2022
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Hi, I'm Nicole! I've owned chickens, or helped with them, several times in my life. This is the first time I've ever raised them from chicks, though. Currently I have 10 babies taking over my master bathroom. I have never wiped, mopped, swept and cleaned an area more than I have in the past couple of weeks! 
We're in it for the eggs, on our way to self sufficiency as much as possible, and I'm already a crazy chicken lady.
I swore I'd never own chickens again. Yet, here I am with 6 Golden Comets, 2 Black Sex Links & 2 bantams -just because all the bantams I've ever known were the barnyard baddies that CRACK.ME.UP!
I swore I'd never, EVER own a rooster...and somehow I let myself be convinced that it would be a good idea to have just one Roo for various reasons. So, one of the Black Sex Links is my rooster and the other my hen. Lord help me. I hope with age I've not only grown wiser, but much more patient.
We have an ancient chicken coop and run -I mean ancient- on the property, but it's a decent walk to get out there and not very convenient. Plus, I just don't feel like it's safe enough for my babes and not worth the effort to remodel and invest much money into.
I swore I'd never get chicks before I was fully prepared to house them...and yet, we'll be working on a temporary coop this weekend while we prepare for a permanent coop and extended run. I plan on free-ranging as much as possible, but that means chicken tunnels and fencing. Plenty of fencing. So, I say again -there are 10 little diddles camped out in my bathroom.
I have a feeling I'm going to be spending lots of time here, digging around, looking for answers. I look forward to meeting other crazy chicken people.
We're in it for the eggs, on our way to self sufficiency as much as possible, and I'm already a crazy chicken lady.I swore I'd never own chickens again. Yet, here I am with 6 Golden Comets, 2 Black Sex Links & 2 bantams -just because all the bantams I've ever known were the barnyard baddies that CRACK.ME.UP!
I swore I'd never, EVER own a rooster...and somehow I let myself be convinced that it would be a good idea to have just one Roo for various reasons. So, one of the Black Sex Links is my rooster and the other my hen. Lord help me. I hope with age I've not only grown wiser, but much more patient.
We have an ancient chicken coop and run -I mean ancient- on the property, but it's a decent walk to get out there and not very convenient. Plus, I just don't feel like it's safe enough for my babes and not worth the effort to remodel and invest much money into.
I swore I'd never get chicks before I was fully prepared to house them...and yet, we'll be working on a temporary coop this weekend while we prepare for a permanent coop and extended run. I plan on free-ranging as much as possible, but that means chicken tunnels and fencing. Plenty of fencing. So, I say again -there are 10 little diddles camped out in my bathroom.
I have a feeling I'm going to be spending lots of time here, digging around, looking for answers. I look forward to meeting other crazy chicken people.
Glad you joined.
