Hello I'm heather. I started 2012 with 4 baby hens as an experiment this year having never raised them before, they are all doing well and I've had wonderful eggs to bake with and cook. My coop expanded in may with 4 more chicks and 4 turkey poults. The 4 chicks turned out to be 2 roosters and 2 hens all are auracaunas. The first bunch are 3 auracaunas and 1 barred rock. I added 2 ducklings at that time also and now I have duck eggs and chicken eggs that the hens are sitting on. I have no idea if I will end up with babies but I'm still working on my "experiment" theory as I'm not able to admit that I'm hooked on these wonderful birds that have personality and so much fun to watch. I have visited this site many times in the last 9 months as a guest looking at various coop designs to build, but they currently are all housed in the dog pen as I have yet to complete their own home. Look forward to moving day as the dogs were upset at being evicted!
