Hi, ya'll!
First, I've visited this site for over a year as a chickener wannabe. It started by looking at coops. Over the past year we have converted a portable 10 x 16 bldg (given to us for "free" if we moved it) into 1/2 coop and 1/2 garden house. (Now it's the "gardHen haus") Then the cerebral part of me insisted on reading a book before buying live animals ("The Joy of Keeping Chickens" by J. Megyesi.) I must say, as good as all this is, nothing quite prepares you like hands on animal husbandry!
Here's a description of our flock: Gideon (our roo) is RIR; Hens: 2 BA's (Lois & Eunice), 3 RS's (Hannah, Claudia, Miriam), 1RIR (Esther--she thinks she's "Queen"!), 2 BR's (Abigail & Naomi), and 2 Ameracauna's (Lydia & Zipporah). The 2 BR's & Ameri's were hatched 12/28, the others are about twice that age, we believe.
When you add those to the rest of our fur & feather family (4 dogs, 2 cats, 5 horses and some cattle) you'd think we went cuckoo! (you don't even want to see our food and vet bills!) But, seriously, would life be so beautiful without so much texture and color???
I look forward to becoming more "involved" and less shy & hope you will forgive me now, for I have decided that this new venture of having chickens requires its own language: using "chicken" with any kind of normal prefix or suffix is perfectly acceptable (chickenry, chickening, chickener...etc.)
Blessings on your day (& your flock),
Kat
First, I've visited this site for over a year as a chickener wannabe. It started by looking at coops. Over the past year we have converted a portable 10 x 16 bldg (given to us for "free" if we moved it) into 1/2 coop and 1/2 garden house. (Now it's the "gardHen haus") Then the cerebral part of me insisted on reading a book before buying live animals ("The Joy of Keeping Chickens" by J. Megyesi.) I must say, as good as all this is, nothing quite prepares you like hands on animal husbandry!
Here's a description of our flock: Gideon (our roo) is RIR; Hens: 2 BA's (Lois & Eunice), 3 RS's (Hannah, Claudia, Miriam), 1RIR (Esther--she thinks she's "Queen"!), 2 BR's (Abigail & Naomi), and 2 Ameracauna's (Lydia & Zipporah). The 2 BR's & Ameri's were hatched 12/28, the others are about twice that age, we believe.
When you add those to the rest of our fur & feather family (4 dogs, 2 cats, 5 horses and some cattle) you'd think we went cuckoo! (you don't even want to see our food and vet bills!) But, seriously, would life be so beautiful without so much texture and color???
I look forward to becoming more "involved" and less shy & hope you will forgive me now, for I have decided that this new venture of having chickens requires its own language: using "chicken" with any kind of normal prefix or suffix is perfectly acceptable (chickenry, chickening, chickener...etc.)
Blessings on your day (& your flock),
Kat
from Ohio. Glad to have you aboard. 
