I’ve been reading threads on here for quite a while, but just now decided to make an account. I got chicks in April/May/July and hopefully the first ones start laying soon! Here’s a breakdown of my beginner flock:
4/30/25 hatch:
1 Delaware - ordered 4, one made it past the first week
1 Barnevelder - ordered 2, one made it past the first week
0 Black Jersey Giant - RIP
1 FBCM -
1 SB Ameraucana
3 Lavender Orpingtons
5/5 hatch:
0 Ameribella - RIP
1 Bountiful Blue Egg Layer
2 Green Queen Easter Egger
1 Golden Cuckoo Marans
7/14 hatch:
2 Speckled Sussex
2 Splash Marans
2 Green Queen Easter Eggers
I fought getting chickens for years, and my wife finally convinced me this year. I’m glad we dove in! My kids have loved raising the chicks with me. Designing and building the coop for our small space has been really fun. I can’t wait til they start laying!
sick setup! gotta love orpingtons! never had a lavender before very neat
do you have a favorite one out of them all? My son switches his almost every day lol
Your GQEE are what I hoped mine would look like, and one of them makes it her personal mission to make everything as hard as possible for me...but not aggressively, just foolishly 
