Figured I would try this out, and give an overall update/story thing about our flock and our journey to where we are now...
Okay, so 2 years ago we started out with 6 Buff Orpingtons and 6 "RIRs"(which turned out to be mostly Buckeyes) because of a BOGO sale at a local feed store. Then my grandmother and aunt decided that they wanted chicks so we bought 12 more "RIRs". That fell through, they decided they didn't have the time or the space at the moment, so we were up to 24, then they started giving away free "RIRs" and we got 12 more... Oh, and we got 6 guinea fowl. One hen fell under falling plywood and broke a leg, Peggy became our house chicken for over a year.
The next year I bought my own flock, so started with 10 brown leghorns(lost 2 afterwards) and bought 2 BLRWs, we had to buy another coop and it came with 3 free chicks(turned out to be a Buff Orpington roo, and 2 white unidentified breed hens), my aunt(a different one than before) gave me a Buff Orpington hen. I hatched my first 4 chicks when a random flock was given to us(3 roos, and a hen) I sold 3/4 and kept a deformed(rotated tibia & hermaphrodite) Ella as a house chicken.
We also went to auction and brought home a bunch of Golden Comet hens, and a Cochin(not quite bantam but not anywhere near standard) roo(thought it was a hen...). We were given a mixed flock of 10 hens, 2 roos, and another batch of Golden Comet hens.
And this year we exploded to a collective 158 chickens before I stopped incubating...
We're currently down to 101...
I know this has probably been confusing... and I almost made it more confusing by adding names and ALL of the exact breeds... So thank me if this has been confusing at all
...
Thanks for reading if you actually got this far,
Feel free to ask any questions, I love to talk about my chickens so really any questions are welcome.
Okay, so 2 years ago we started out with 6 Buff Orpingtons and 6 "RIRs"(which turned out to be mostly Buckeyes) because of a BOGO sale at a local feed store. Then my grandmother and aunt decided that they wanted chicks so we bought 12 more "RIRs". That fell through, they decided they didn't have the time or the space at the moment, so we were up to 24, then they started giving away free "RIRs" and we got 12 more... Oh, and we got 6 guinea fowl. One hen fell under falling plywood and broke a leg, Peggy became our house chicken for over a year.
The next year I bought my own flock, so started with 10 brown leghorns(lost 2 afterwards) and bought 2 BLRWs, we had to buy another coop and it came with 3 free chicks(turned out to be a Buff Orpington roo, and 2 white unidentified breed hens), my aunt(a different one than before) gave me a Buff Orpington hen. I hatched my first 4 chicks when a random flock was given to us(3 roos, and a hen) I sold 3/4 and kept a deformed(rotated tibia & hermaphrodite) Ella as a house chicken.
We also went to auction and brought home a bunch of Golden Comet hens, and a Cochin(not quite bantam but not anywhere near standard) roo(thought it was a hen...). We were given a mixed flock of 10 hens, 2 roos, and another batch of Golden Comet hens.
And this year we exploded to a collective 158 chickens before I stopped incubating...
We're currently down to 101...
I know this has probably been confusing... and I almost made it more confusing by adding names and ALL of the exact breeds... So thank me if this has been confusing at all
...Thanks for reading if you actually got this far,
Feel free to ask any questions, I love to talk about my chickens so really any questions are welcome.
