Drunkencabbagefarms
In the Brooder
- May 27, 2019
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Hello
I’ve been using this site for a while now and finally brave enough to sign up. My husband and I are urban farmers from Palmetto, Florida and we have raised chickens for almost 3 years now. Our first flock was from Cackle Hatchery where we had all barred rocks including our first rooster, Joe. Then our second flock integrated with the first we got from a local feed store and introduced three RIR and three Buff Orphingtons. We lost one of the RIR the same year to an accident with our first flock leader/shepherd dog Luka (RIP 2018) when he tried to save her but broke her neck by accident. Then we tried allowing Sophia (our Buff) for our third flock to hatch eggs and she hatched 7 chicks - 2 passed away as babies naturally during the hatching process and then 3 were roosters and 2 hens and then we had to cull two of the roosters leaving one of the roosters (bumblebee who is cross of a buff and barred mixed breed) due to temperament and one hen passed away from hurting herself on a fence, so only one hen survived - we named her Lucky but she has a cross beak and always needs a little extra care. Finally we just got 6 more chickens from a local hatchery who are now at 4 weeks. Three are Black Copper Marans but we think two are male and one female and three silver laced Wyandottes who we think are all female. Our integrated flock are all free range and they are 100 percent organic and non-gmo fed and allowed to graze without restriction on almost 1.5 acres. Our chicks have just been moved to a new coop we built to allow them to grow safely and still lightly interact with the bigger flock. We are all about sustainable farming and believe in regenerative agriculture with our chickens being key players in the cycle.
I’ve been using this site for a while now and finally brave enough to sign up. My husband and I are urban farmers from Palmetto, Florida and we have raised chickens for almost 3 years now. Our first flock was from Cackle Hatchery where we had all barred rocks including our first rooster, Joe. Then our second flock integrated with the first we got from a local feed store and introduced three RIR and three Buff Orphingtons. We lost one of the RIR the same year to an accident with our first flock leader/shepherd dog Luka (RIP 2018) when he tried to save her but broke her neck by accident. Then we tried allowing Sophia (our Buff) for our third flock to hatch eggs and she hatched 7 chicks - 2 passed away as babies naturally during the hatching process and then 3 were roosters and 2 hens and then we had to cull two of the roosters leaving one of the roosters (bumblebee who is cross of a buff and barred mixed breed) due to temperament and one hen passed away from hurting herself on a fence, so only one hen survived - we named her Lucky but she has a cross beak and always needs a little extra care. Finally we just got 6 more chickens from a local hatchery who are now at 4 weeks. Three are Black Copper Marans but we think two are male and one female and three silver laced Wyandottes who we think are all female. Our integrated flock are all free range and they are 100 percent organic and non-gmo fed and allowed to graze without restriction on almost 1.5 acres. Our chicks have just been moved to a new coop we built to allow them to grow safely and still lightly interact with the bigger flock. We are all about sustainable farming and believe in regenerative agriculture with our chickens being key players in the cycle.
Glad you joined.
We are glad you joined this flock!
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
