Hello Everyone,
I've lurked on this board a bit off and on over the last couple of weeks and thought I would join.
My husband and I got some Rhode Island Whites a month ago. I'm not sure how old they are - they didn't know when we bought them. But currently they have what I would guess at about 75% of their feathers in, maybe more. We have seven of them and moved them from indoors to a hutch outside with a heat lamp (though we haven't needed it at night for a few nights). We are hoping to get them into a coop/run this weekend or next at the latest.
I'm probably a bit different from a lot of people here in that I really didn't start out with much of an interest in chickens. To be honest, we just want to raise them for eggs as we go through a LOT of eggs. Hubby really doesn't want me to get attached to the chickens at all since we hope to eventually raise them for meat as well.
But I'm finding myself at a crossroads because I want to be attached to them - at least enough to have more of an interest in them. Especially when they will be moved off the porch and it'll be a bit more work to take care of them. I want to WANT to take care of them, do you know what I mean?
Sheesh I hope I don't sound like a horrible person here since I'm not a huge chicken fan.
All of this to say that I want to learn more about them and get more interested in them.
Anyway I hope to get to know some of you and learn from your experience!
I've lurked on this board a bit off and on over the last couple of weeks and thought I would join.
My husband and I got some Rhode Island Whites a month ago. I'm not sure how old they are - they didn't know when we bought them. But currently they have what I would guess at about 75% of their feathers in, maybe more. We have seven of them and moved them from indoors to a hutch outside with a heat lamp (though we haven't needed it at night for a few nights). We are hoping to get them into a coop/run this weekend or next at the latest.
I'm probably a bit different from a lot of people here in that I really didn't start out with much of an interest in chickens. To be honest, we just want to raise them for eggs as we go through a LOT of eggs. Hubby really doesn't want me to get attached to the chickens at all since we hope to eventually raise them for meat as well.
But I'm finding myself at a crossroads because I want to be attached to them - at least enough to have more of an interest in them. Especially when they will be moved off the porch and it'll be a bit more work to take care of them. I want to WANT to take care of them, do you know what I mean?
Sheesh I hope I don't sound like a horrible person here since I'm not a huge chicken fan.
All of this to say that I want to learn more about them and get more interested in them.
Anyway I hope to get to know some of you and learn from your experience!
