- Feb 23, 2014
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Hello BYC,
A new flock and caretakers for our introduction. My wife and I have four hens: Miss Buff, a Buff Orpington; La Ferrari, a Red Sex-Linked; Miss America, a blue wheaten Ameraucana; and Major Cluster, a Welsummer. We started in August of 2013 with five week-old girls, however our Light Brahma, Miss Feeties, caught something and was losing the use of her legs, so we had to put her down two days after Christmas. We're sad she never got to lay an egg, but I built a yard chicken in tribute.

Our coop - 4'x4'x4' with an attached run of 4'x12'. Bird house, flower box, and dual-pane windows from Habitat For Humanity's ReStore.

And now for our girls. Miss Buff (who as a young chick walked all over everyone else and was Alpha hen for a while):

Miss America (who, IF you could pick the most beautiful from your flock, she would be it):

La Ferrari (who, from young, was the fastest girl to the food, no matter where the food is, no matter what the food is, even if it isn't actually food):

and Major Cluster (who gets her name from a term delivered with a straight face at a teachers training seminar):

It is actually Major Cluster that brought me to sign up here at BYC, for I have some questions on her behaviors. If someone could point me in the right direction, that'd be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Julian
A new flock and caretakers for our introduction. My wife and I have four hens: Miss Buff, a Buff Orpington; La Ferrari, a Red Sex-Linked; Miss America, a blue wheaten Ameraucana; and Major Cluster, a Welsummer. We started in August of 2013 with five week-old girls, however our Light Brahma, Miss Feeties, caught something and was losing the use of her legs, so we had to put her down two days after Christmas. We're sad she never got to lay an egg, but I built a yard chicken in tribute.
Our coop - 4'x4'x4' with an attached run of 4'x12'. Bird house, flower box, and dual-pane windows from Habitat For Humanity's ReStore.
And now for our girls. Miss Buff (who as a young chick walked all over everyone else and was Alpha hen for a while):
Miss America (who, IF you could pick the most beautiful from your flock, she would be it):
La Ferrari (who, from young, was the fastest girl to the food, no matter where the food is, no matter what the food is, even if it isn't actually food):
and Major Cluster (who gets her name from a term delivered with a straight face at a teachers training seminar):
It is actually Major Cluster that brought me to sign up here at BYC, for I have some questions on her behaviors. If someone could point me in the right direction, that'd be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Julian