I guess per usual I jumped right in to find what I needed to know for whatever task I was bent on and never sound the social section to introduce myself. Typical though I did bump the MO thread. I'm doing this for the contest. Thanks for all the help so far. I started with chickens in August. I have RIR, Barred rocks, and three Buff/EE crosses one of which is a young roo. 6/16 hens have started laying and the roo started trying to crow last week. Greetings from Joplin Missouri