Hi there, just saw this thread. We are in Howard County, close to Carroll. Have 8 1/2 acres, 2 ponies, 2 horses (1 just bred), 1 foal, 4 pygmy goat mixes, 5 bob white quail, 5 quail which are white and no on can identify (mutants), 33 chickens, 1 gold fish, 2 Brittany's and an Irish Setter... and... OUR FIRST EGG TODAY!
Our Chickens came from
TSC, Bowmans and a local breeder. We have a wide (and odd variety)... Silver Laced Wyandottes, Barred Rock, red Sex Links, New Hampshire, RIR, Golden Comet, Various colors of Americauna/EE's, couple of Frizzles, Couple of Silkies, Black Australorp, Cornish Rock (by accident - found out she was a broiler not a layer, but she was given a reprieve and lives the life devine!), Dixie Rainbow, light Brahma and White Plymouth Rock. The next time I get chickens I will get them from a good breeder.
My 7 yr old and 10 yr old sons have just joined 4H and will be showing their chickens in the fair.
I love LOVE LOVE my chickens. Love to watch the interactions. Impressed with "birds of a feather flock together" being true. Having chickens is a real education. DH built our coop. We have 8 boxes, roosting area, fan, nice (albiet small) run and we are expanding the run. The broiler and the bantams are together in one of the horse stalls. They have their own coop, but we haven't set up their run just yet. All are slightly spoiled.... DH pulls up weeds for them daily, they get our veggie & fruit left overs and are handled daily. Wish we could let them free range, but our farm is surrounded by a state park and the fox are fairly abundant here, AND we have a nesting pair of red-tail hawks.
Will have to post pix soon!
What I find interesting they find utterly boring.
