We live in Oregon with our 3 cats, 5 housemates, 3 ferrets, and soon to be 6 chickens. After some stubborn persistence from myself, I finally convinced my boyfriend that we would absolutely love to add chickens to our little family. He grey up in the country next to a chicken farm and, apparently, did not like waking up to several hundred little white chickens and a very large rooster every day. But, he finally agreed to it after I promised that none of them would be white and that we would never, ever get a rooster.
So, now we are going to be the proud owners of a Speckled Sussex, Golden Polish, Golden Wyandotte, and 3 Belgian d'Anvers, all of which happen to be orange. We originally only wanted 3 and wanted to buy them from a local hatchery, but they didn't have anything for another 6-8 months, so we decided to ship our little girls from Meyer Hatchery. They could only ship 3 standard and 3 bantam chicks, but that actually worked out perfectly. We couldn't decided whether we wanted the Polish or the Wyandotte and the Belgian d'Anver was only sold as straight run, so now we're getting 3 of them and are hoping that at least one of them will be female. Which gives us 6 little chickens that should be here on the 22nd!
I've found this site a huge help in my quest for chickens and finally decided to become a member. I've heard nothing but good things about it. I can't wait of our little ones to arrive and am looking forward to being able to share them with you guys!
So, now we are going to be the proud owners of a Speckled Sussex, Golden Polish, Golden Wyandotte, and 3 Belgian d'Anvers, all of which happen to be orange. We originally only wanted 3 and wanted to buy them from a local hatchery, but they didn't have anything for another 6-8 months, so we decided to ship our little girls from Meyer Hatchery. They could only ship 3 standard and 3 bantam chicks, but that actually worked out perfectly. We couldn't decided whether we wanted the Polish or the Wyandotte and the Belgian d'Anver was only sold as straight run, so now we're getting 3 of them and are hoping that at least one of them will be female. Which gives us 6 little chickens that should be here on the 22nd!
I've found this site a huge help in my quest for chickens and finally decided to become a member. I've heard nothing but good things about it. I can't wait of our little ones to arrive and am looking forward to being able to share them with you guys!
