My new chicks and new property thread!

[ronott1]

They are so healthy! I will certainly buy from her again! Amazingly well bred and happy chicks!
I can't stop taking pics of them!

I am looking forward to seeing them grow out too!

 

[OnlyOrps]

The second set looks like all Roos to me... Last one might be a pullet but I'm leaning roo

you were right! All were cockrels but one. Good thing partridge cockrels are my favorite so I will have a bunch of beautiful yard birds running around. I have a flock of roosters that run to me when I come out and follow me everywhere I go. They escort hubby to the truck every morning and see him off to work and one of them is best friends with our Labrador

 

[TeaChick]

Thanks for the congrats! Baby boy is doing well! I got more new chicks! Isabels from @rockinpaints and I couldn't be more pleased! Everyone is hwalthy, beautiful and so typey they have more breed character than some of my grown birds. I am in love and can't wait to watch them mature!

Yay! I'm so happy for you! =)

New chicks from http://thefancychick.com/
I very much recommend her. Babies arrived promptly, they are healthy and happy. She is super professional and helpful!
here are some quick snapshots I took of my new babies!
Mottled chicks:




Isabels:





Lavender chick:



Lavender and Isabel:

They're gorgeous!
I've had good experiences with Meyer Hatchery (so I doubt that DH will want to take any unnecessary risk), but I'll definitely check her out and send DH links to ones I want.

 

[OnlyOrps]

Yay!  I'm so happy for you! =)





They're gorgeous!
I've had good experiences with Meyer Hatchery (so I doubt that DH will want to take any unnecessary risk), but I'll definitely check her out and send DH links to ones I want.

I think you will be please if you order from her. These chicks are from English lines so should be fluffy and large in comparison to what you might get from a hatchery. She has so many amazing varieties to chose from! I'm like a kid in a candy store when I go to her website lol

 

[TeaChick]

I think you will be please if you order from her. These chicks are from English lines so should be fluffy and large in comparison to what you might get from a hatchery. She has so many amazing varieties to chose from! I'm like a kid in a candy store when I go to her website lol

We've kind of tried to stay away from breeds like Orp and Cochin, b/c we have Sex-Links that can get aggressive and NHs that can be aggressive against other breeds. The ones we just got came with the rares, (which included three Cochin pullets, well, they were supposed to be, but one has turned out to be a cockerel) and the NH and Cochin chicks (juvies) are above the rest of the rares in the pecking order. The Orps I had were on the bottom and were picked on badly, so that kind of worries me about going out of my way to order Orps.
But I'm definitely checking out her site to see what all she's got (and to try to be able to convince DH to order some.)

 

[OnlyOrps]

We've kind of tried to stay away from breeds like Orp and Cochin, b/c we have Sex-Links that can get aggressive and NHs that can be aggressive against other breeds.  The ones we just got came with the rares, (which included three Cochin pullets, well, they were supposed to be, but one has turned out to be a cockerel) and the NH and Cochin chicks (juvies) are above the rest of the rares in the pecking order.  The Orps I had were on the bottom and were picked on badly, so that kind of worries me about going out of my way to order Orps.
But I'm definitely checking out her site to see what all she's got (and to try to be able to convince DH to order some.)

Yeah my Orps are very sweet. Even my roosters live in huge bachelor groups and don't fight. I love orps foe their kind demenors. They don't lay too well but they're beautiful, personable and they entertain me. I like that I csn take groups that are months apart in age and just throw them together without bullying.

On another topic one of our rescue puppies went missing! We've searched the property high and low. He's been missing since noon yesterday. It'd in the upper 90s and in worried sick! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers everyone!

 

[OnlyOrps]

Oh thank goodness we found him! He was under the shed and too weak to find his way out. Poor thing was lost for over 24 hrs. I was certain he was dead. He's my favorite pup so we are keeping him. Now we are trying to think up a good name for him... shack, shed, joe dirt lol this is the second time in his life (and the second shed) that he's been rescued from a shed.

 

[OnlyOrps]

reunited with his family and getting a good meal and lots of nursing in.

 

[TeaChick]

Yeah my Orps are very sweet. Even my roosters live in huge bachelor groups and don't fight. I love orps foe their kind demenors. They don't lay too well but they're beautiful, personable and they entertain me. I like that I csn take groups that are months apart in age and just throw them together without bullying.

On another topic one of our rescue puppies went missing! We've searched the property high and low. He's been missing since noon yesterday. It'd in the upper 90s and in worried sick! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers everyone!

We're talking about the same thing on another thread I'm on. To quote myself

...sorry about that it's just a funny idea to me....We all have to have the chickens that serve our purpose where we are and do what we want them to do. Okay, that's not a quote, it's a little longer than my original statement, but you get the idea I'm sure. =)
Anyway, I like Orpingtons for the same reasons as you, but I can't have them b/c of the breed and behavior of my original flock. I'm only able to have Cochins as it stands b/c I put three of them into my NH flock with about six NH chicks. Everyone was so flustered that no one bothered to check breed cards at the door and now they're all just little members of the same flock.
I had a pair of Orps, they didn't free range as well as I need my chickens to. In fact, my NHs aren't as good at free ranging as I need my chickens to be. I've already got a bunch, and they're alright, but I'm definitely shifting my flock to a different breed.

Oh thank goodness we found him! He was under the shed and too weak to find his way out. Poor thing was lost for over 24 hrs. I was certain he was dead. He's my favorite pup so we are keeping him. Now we are trying to think up a good name for him... shack, shed, joe dirt lol this is the second time in his life (and the second shed) that he's been rescued from a shed.

reunited with his family and getting a good meal and lots of nursing in.

 

[OnlyOrps]

Got our very first egg and we got guinea keets!