Hi everyone! I'm a relatively new member, but long-time lurker here....and due to city ordinances just recently (November) finally allowing up to 6 backyard HENS) I am just starting to get my small flock together. Got the coop set about 2 weeks ago...
Wow, I've learned so much about all the different breeds...so many to choose from... or is there?
My husband decided we should have some dark brown egg layers, and some colored egg layers, and besides that the rest was up for debate. LOL
I first fell in love with the BLR Wyandottes, and I haven't been able to find them anywhere online or locally, especially not females... a few online places have them straight run, but aghhhhh.
Then we thought a Maran for dark laying eggs, but we are not big fans of feathered legs...so we decided on the Welsummer (won't be as dark a brown I'm sure, but it will have to do) plus I think it's a very pretty bird! They seemed easy enough to find, although by the time we decided that, none of the hatch dates work for us... (I may have just found some locally though, fingers crossed)
Then for the colored green/blue layer, we thought Ameraucana or EE, and they are sold out for a while too... I also liked the Cream Legbars for a while before I even knew they layed a BLUE egg... so now I was pretty set on that... but I think I might as well forget them too, because people seem to only sell them in pairs or trios, and we are not allowed to have any roosters.
Am I being too picky? At first I was like... well, I am only allowed 6!!! and they are going to be like family pets (I have 3 kids, almost 2, 4, and 6)... I want what I want, I guess...
What are anyone's thoughts, or ideas.... should I settle?
Oh, and timing has played a big role in my search too.... now we are under the wire, if we don't get chicks by the first week of April, I will have to wait until JULY>>>>>
Sorry this was so long... I have been going crazy, and I guess I just needed to vent to someone out there that loves chickens too, that MIGHT understand....
Wow, I've learned so much about all the different breeds...so many to choose from... or is there?
My husband decided we should have some dark brown egg layers, and some colored egg layers, and besides that the rest was up for debate. LOL
I first fell in love with the BLR Wyandottes, and I haven't been able to find them anywhere online or locally, especially not females... a few online places have them straight run, but aghhhhh.
Then we thought a Maran for dark laying eggs, but we are not big fans of feathered legs...so we decided on the Welsummer (won't be as dark a brown I'm sure, but it will have to do) plus I think it's a very pretty bird! They seemed easy enough to find, although by the time we decided that, none of the hatch dates work for us... (I may have just found some locally though, fingers crossed)
Then for the colored green/blue layer, we thought Ameraucana or EE, and they are sold out for a while too... I also liked the Cream Legbars for a while before I even knew they layed a BLUE egg... so now I was pretty set on that... but I think I might as well forget them too, because people seem to only sell them in pairs or trios, and we are not allowed to have any roosters.
Am I being too picky? At first I was like... well, I am only allowed 6!!! and they are going to be like family pets (I have 3 kids, almost 2, 4, and 6)... I want what I want, I guess...
What are anyone's thoughts, or ideas.... should I settle?
Oh, and timing has played a big role in my search too.... now we are under the wire, if we don't get chicks by the first week of April, I will have to wait until JULY>>>>>
Sorry this was so long... I have been going crazy, and I guess I just needed to vent to someone out there that loves chickens too, that MIGHT understand....
