Moving to Ohio for love and chickens

[Mountain Peeps]

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

 

[lovenati]

Great feedback! We're going to pick a coupe plan that will be easy to make with found materials, and maybe start with three or four docile cold hearty chickens that lay gorgeous eggs! And I think we will start with sprouting… Though I'm interested to find out how feed affects the flavor of the egg!

 

[ChickyChickens]

Welcome to BYC!!! There are loads of members on here…so if you have ANY questions…just ASK!!!

Hope you have loads of fun and all your answers answered here on BYC the BEST CHICKEN KEEPING FORUM on EARTH!!

 

[lovenati]

Wyandottes are so pretty! When they stop playing we can eat them! And they seem cold hardy which is good for Ohio winters! We're also thinking of Easter egg chickens as I really would like to have some unique looking egg shells! My only questions now are:

1. How does feed affect the flavor of the egg.
2. Which chickens produce the most unique egg shells?

 

[ocap]

welcome to BYC
here is a link to the national poultry contest, save one spot in your coop for a hen that you buy here, lots of champion breeders bring birds to sell

http://ohionational.org/

 

[BonRae67]

I know onion and garlic affects the flovor.

 

[CedarCrestFarm]

Welcome!! Our farm is located in beautiful Kirtland Hills, Ohio. Not California but lots of great chicken people! Although it can be a bit tough raising chickens in the winter, there isn't a doubt that it is well worth any effort. Get some cold hardy breeds; Orpington, Ameraucana and Marans do well in our climate.

 

[ChookRanger]

Hello and welcome to the forum. I asked a similar question about egg flavor and the responses I received indicate that fresh greens will give the best flavor. Your home raised or farm raised chickens will give you better eggs than the ones from the store because they are fresher, healthier, and more nutritious. The color of the shells can range from white (Legbars) to a dark chocolate brown. (Cuckoo Marans) Easter Eggers are known to lay any color eggs from green, to pink, to light blue. Some brown egg layers have a nice tan colored shell and some have a medium brown color.
A mixed flock will give you a variety of colors that can be very pleasing. Have fun and good luck with your new obsession.

 

[lovenati]

Welcome!!  Our farm is located in beautiful Kirtland Hills, Ohio.  Not California but lots of great chicken people!  Although it can be a bit tough raising chickens in the winter, there isn't a doubt that it is well worth any effort.  Get some cold hardy breeds; Orpington, Ameraucana and Marans do well in our climate.  

Thank you! we are looking at Wyandottes as well! The winters here are cold!

 

[lovenati]

If we want to start small and only get 3 chickens, but eventually expand the flock. should we build a small coop just for the three chickens and then build another coop for the next three? or is it better to have one flock and therefore make the coop as big as we think our future flock will be.