New Chicken Mama

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
That's quite the nice variety of breeds you have.

Thanks! In my mind, they all make sense together! lol Basically nice temperament friendly dual purpose breeds that may (or may not) be super old, and are either awesome layers, or have super pretty eggs, right? They each have to be strong in at least 2/3 of those categories. haha I also appreciate cold-hardiness. I'm less sure though on how the sizing might all work out hypothetically, but I'm glad at least to start I think the Aussies and the Wellies should be similarly matched for size.

 

[janiedoe]

Hello, welcome to BYC. By next year, I'll bet you'll have 50% more chickens. Besides, if you have welsummers, you'll need at least 4 to 5 easter eggers, for the contrasting egg colors. And maybe a white layer or two. better start shopping for your new home in the countryside.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Welcome! Post pics

Sure! I just started bringing the big girls outside, and I took pics of each individual of the baby chicks last week to help me learn to identify them. haha It's so hard with the chipmunk ones, but it's getting easier now that their tailfeathers are coming in, and they are becoming more interactive. I need to try to keep taking more pics outside the brooder, too, (mostly I was too scared to take them out at all in the beginning), because nearly all the pics have that weird red brooder light thing going on. hahah The 3-weekers graduated to a much bigger crate with TWO perches yesterday, and the babies got a new little mini perch that barely fits in there with them haha

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Hello, welcome to BYC. By next year, I'll bet you'll have 50% more chickens. Besides, if you have welsummers, you'll need at least 4 to 5 easter eggers, for the contrasting egg colors. And maybe a white layer or two. better start shopping for your new home in the countryside.

Yes, exactly! You totally get me hahah Although DH is a very basic guy, he just wants brown eggs, or maybe white, so I will have to focus on various shades of brown for now. The Americaunas are the "surprise" on top! lol

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

Hello and welcome to byc!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. Thank's for sharing the picture's Your Chicks are Beautiful! And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens! We're very glad to have you here with us, and we hope that you enjoy your stay.
Good luck with all of your birds, and may God bless you and yours.

 

[Dr Evy]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined! Good luck with your flock!

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Hello and welcome to byc!

Thank you! I found myself watching a German chicken channel on Youtube just this morning!

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

That‘s funny!