Loving my lavender orpingtons in lower Michigan!

[MrsBro]

Hello All!
I recently acquired 4 beautiful lavender orpington chickens, after building a little coop on my husband's farm, lol. We already have the itch to convert the old calf stall into a nice sized winter coop. That would also give us plenty of room to expand our flock!!

Being so new i have a ton of questions! It's been great stumbling across BYC so many times on my never-ending quest for answers, I look forward to learning from all of your experiences.
Lots of Cluck,
MrsBro

 

[Roland Deschain]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined our flock

 

[sunflour]

so glad you have joined us and congratulations on getting your own flock.

Sounds like another victim to chicken math, I am quite jealous, wish I had time and facilities to add new ones every year

 

[Mutt Farm]

Hi! Welcome Mrs Bro in Frankenmuth!

Most of the ornaments on mt Christmas tree came from Bronners! What a beautiful town you live in! Oh the memories. I'm from Howell. (Brighton area). I sure miss it but not the winters. Your Orphs should do quite well, they are very cold hearty and should be good winter layers. The Lavenders are so beautiful and sweet! You can type in your state in the forum search bar to find fellow Michiganders if you want to pop in there and say hi.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=where+am+I+where+are+you
They may be helpful with regional husbandry questions such as wintering your flock, etc.
Hope you enjoy your chickens!

 

[trailrider330]

Welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

I am also from MIchigan! Come join the Michigan thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/697050/michigan-thread-all-are-welcome

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard chickens, so glad you joined the flock

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

I'm glad you're enjoying your lavender orps! Orpingtons are my favorite breed of any chicken and my two favorite colors are buff and lavender.

Chicken keeping is sure addicting so I'm almost certain you'll be adding to your flock! When you do, be sure to ask any questions as the introducing part my be a bit challenging. But, we're here to help in any ways we can.

Good luck and welcome to our community of poultry lovers!

 

[Justplainchickn]

Welcome to BYC! I was curious what a lavender orphington looked like and had to look them up. Beautiful chickens! Would love to see pictures!

 

[MrsBro]

These are my little darlings. My mom always tells me they "look filthy", haha, she doesn't get that they aren't white! I wish I knew more about chicken keeping because I keep changing my mind about whether they may be all boys or girls, or a mix, haha... I love them either way!