RooandherRooster
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Hi everyone!
Whenever I've needed any answers, BackYard Chickens has always been my go-to. I've had chickens before when I was younger, but I just got back into it about 4 years ago. I take care in what I do, especially my chickens and other animals. When we got chicks, we got 6 RIR and I believe 12 Red-Sex Link. 4 years later, only 5 of the original ones remain. Last year in the beginning of March, we got 12 Black-Sex Links, 6 Silver Laced Wyandottes, and 1 RIR. All of them are good and well except one, who we sadly lost to egg bound/prolapse due to a deformity found when she tried to lay her first egg. Last Saturday, we bought some more chickens, hoping to expand our flock more. We had a friend pick us up some Barred Plymouth Rocks from an auction. We now have 1 beautiful rooster who seems to be mixed with something else, probably 8 months old. We also have 1 pullet, 3 hens, and 1 who i believe is a young roo. We were able to get 4 bantam cochin of some type-I believe 2 speckled sussex hens, 1 speckled sussex roo, and a black-sex link bantam cochin if that's even a thing. I also have a young pullet who was at an auction roughly 3 weeks ago maybe, and was sold as a lavender orpington, though clearly not. I think she is a Blue Copper Maran, if not she might be an Olive Egger, Blue Andalusian, or Sapphire Gem. I will just wait and see what color eggs she will lay, hopefully she is a she and not a he. I think she is a little under 8 weeks. The bantams and rocks are under "quarantine" from my original flock whom i did join together about 6 months ago. I got 3 young lavender orpingtons, that so far seem to be true to that, who are maybe 2-3 weeks old and are a little sickly but we are nursing them to health and they are doing much better! I also have a 18 week old handicapped duck, 5 goats, 4 rabbits, cats, and dogs.
Sorry this is a pretty long message. Thank you!
Whenever I've needed any answers, BackYard Chickens has always been my go-to. I've had chickens before when I was younger, but I just got back into it about 4 years ago. I take care in what I do, especially my chickens and other animals. When we got chicks, we got 6 RIR and I believe 12 Red-Sex Link. 4 years later, only 5 of the original ones remain. Last year in the beginning of March, we got 12 Black-Sex Links, 6 Silver Laced Wyandottes, and 1 RIR. All of them are good and well except one, who we sadly lost to egg bound/prolapse due to a deformity found when she tried to lay her first egg. Last Saturday, we bought some more chickens, hoping to expand our flock more. We had a friend pick us up some Barred Plymouth Rocks from an auction. We now have 1 beautiful rooster who seems to be mixed with something else, probably 8 months old. We also have 1 pullet, 3 hens, and 1 who i believe is a young roo. We were able to get 4 bantam cochin of some type-I believe 2 speckled sussex hens, 1 speckled sussex roo, and a black-sex link bantam cochin if that's even a thing. I also have a young pullet who was at an auction roughly 3 weeks ago maybe, and was sold as a lavender orpington, though clearly not. I think she is a Blue Copper Maran, if not she might be an Olive Egger, Blue Andalusian, or Sapphire Gem. I will just wait and see what color eggs she will lay, hopefully she is a she and not a he. I think she is a little under 8 weeks. The bantams and rocks are under "quarantine" from my original flock whom i did join together about 6 months ago. I got 3 young lavender orpingtons, that so far seem to be true to that, who are maybe 2-3 weeks old and are a little sickly but we are nursing them to health and they are doing much better! I also have a 18 week old handicapped duck, 5 goats, 4 rabbits, cats, and dogs.
Sorry this is a pretty long message. Thank you!
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