Howdy all! I'm new to BackYardChicken and chicken raising. My grandma always had a flock, and while I was around to occasionally help collect eggs, I have never actually raised my own flock.
Back before USDA got in the way of the barter system, she'd trade eggs for groceries at the local store...ahhh,the simpler times. The school house my granddad attended as a youngen' was adjacent to the farm they bought and eventually they acquired the property and school house, which he moved to the home place and converted into a chicken house. I'm told she had 200 plus layers in the hay day.
Well, unfortunately they have passed, and I have missed my opportunity to pick her brain on the "proper" way to raise and manage a flock, so here I am, seekin' youalls input.
I just received my chicks yesterday, and with the advice gathered from my friend I call the "chicken-king", I'm on my way. Now the chicken-king knows a bunch about chickens and raises show birds, but I'm more interested in a laying flock, then breeding and showing. We ordered wyandottes and got 5 silver-laced, 5 goldens, and 5 blue-laced reds.
I'm sure looking forward to this adventure and satisfaction of eatin' our own farm fresh eggs and supplying my friends and family with the same. I'm thinkin' bout raising meat birds as well next year if this goes well with the layers.
Back before USDA got in the way of the barter system, she'd trade eggs for groceries at the local store...ahhh,the simpler times. The school house my granddad attended as a youngen' was adjacent to the farm they bought and eventually they acquired the property and school house, which he moved to the home place and converted into a chicken house. I'm told she had 200 plus layers in the hay day.
Well, unfortunately they have passed, and I have missed my opportunity to pick her brain on the "proper" way to raise and manage a flock, so here I am, seekin' youalls input.
I just received my chicks yesterday, and with the advice gathered from my friend I call the "chicken-king", I'm on my way. Now the chicken-king knows a bunch about chickens and raises show birds, but I'm more interested in a laying flock, then breeding and showing. We ordered wyandottes and got 5 silver-laced, 5 goldens, and 5 blue-laced reds.
I'm sure looking forward to this adventure and satisfaction of eatin' our own farm fresh eggs and supplying my friends and family with the same. I'm thinkin' bout raising meat birds as well next year if this goes well with the layers.
and good luck with your poultry adventure! 
All very pretty breeds that you picked out.
