- Jun 27, 2013
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Hello! I live in coastal Texas and just got 5 chickies to raise. I've wanted to raise chickens for years, but never had a place to keep them. Well recently, someone at my stables built a chicken coop and said I could keep some there! So I of course ran to the feed store and grabbed some as soon as possible.
I've never raised chickens before. I raised turkeys for FFA years ago so I have some concept of raising birds, but I'm pretty lost on chickens LOL. So I'll definitely be asking a lot of questions as my girls grow and mature.
So these are my girls(at least I'm hoping they all are) here. I was told that, from left to right, they are Brahma, Silkie, EE, Brahma, and Production Red. Their names, from left to right, are Lucy, Foxy, Willow, Rue, and Ruby.
Not very original, but whatever. My turkeys had names like Stan, Vern, and George so I guess I don't get too creative with birds.
I'm not really sure if Lucy is a Brahma or if Willow is an EE. They were both in a tub marked "Brahma, EE, Production Red" so I guess they're one of those three? Here is a better shot of Willow in the back, with Foxy in the front.
I don't have the best picture of Lucy at the moment. She is always all up in your business. The first day I brought them home, she kept trying to jump out the coop every time I opened the door. Well, I had to nail a board on the wall of the coop(the guy who built it doesn't know ANYTHING about chickens so left a giant hole coons or opossums could get through) from inside the coop since it was against the wall of our barn. And I couldn't do that and keep her in there! So I just stuck her on my shoulder while I hammered away and she chirped in my ear and nuzzled in my hair. She's only kinda my favorite haha. But here's the best picture I have of her right now.
Anyways, I guess that's enough about me for now. If y'all have any suspicions about what I was told they were is incorrect, please let me know! And I will definitely post pictures as the grow and mature. Thanks!
I've never raised chickens before. I raised turkeys for FFA years ago so I have some concept of raising birds, but I'm pretty lost on chickens LOL. So I'll definitely be asking a lot of questions as my girls grow and mature.
So these are my girls(at least I'm hoping they all are) here. I was told that, from left to right, they are Brahma, Silkie, EE, Brahma, and Production Red. Their names, from left to right, are Lucy, Foxy, Willow, Rue, and Ruby.
Not very original, but whatever. My turkeys had names like Stan, Vern, and George so I guess I don't get too creative with birds. I'm not really sure if Lucy is a Brahma or if Willow is an EE. They were both in a tub marked "Brahma, EE, Production Red" so I guess they're one of those three? Here is a better shot of Willow in the back, with Foxy in the front.
I don't have the best picture of Lucy at the moment. She is always all up in your business. The first day I brought them home, she kept trying to jump out the coop every time I opened the door. Well, I had to nail a board on the wall of the coop(the guy who built it doesn't know ANYTHING about chickens so left a giant hole coons or opossums could get through) from inside the coop since it was against the wall of our barn. And I couldn't do that and keep her in there! So I just stuck her on my shoulder while I hammered away and she chirped in my ear and nuzzled in my hair. She's only kinda my favorite haha. But here's the best picture I have of her right now.
Anyways, I guess that's enough about me for now. If y'all have any suspicions about what I was told they were is incorrect, please let me know! And I will definitely post pictures as the grow and mature.
Thanks!
