Hello everyone. I'm RickyDean, my wife and I live in Oklahoma on the border with Texas.
I have always wanted my own chickens so the other day when I was in a farm supply store, I saw their new chicks and brought 6 home with me. 3 were yellow and 3 were black but
the young kid helping me couldn't tell me anything about them including what breed they were. I bought from the tub saying all female chickens, and next to it was a tub of straight run chicks.
A week late at another type of farm supply store I purchased 6 more chicks that this time were each labeled in seperate pens. So I bought 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Road Island Reds and 2 Buff Orphingtons.
My grand parents always had 50-70 chickens on their farm when I was growing up and they kept us supplied every Wed. Night with fresh eggs and a fryer or two. Since their passing I have always wanted a farm rasied chicken to eat and my brother and SIL built a coop and started their own flock. They have given us fresh eggs and a couple fryers but because we live so far apart we don't get them very often. My wife fried up one of their chickens and my youngest son couldn't believe how much better it tasted compared to store bought chicken. Such a hugh difference in taste!
For now though, we will raise hens just for laying and later on, add some birds for meat.
So now I think I have 5 BR's, 2 RIR's 2 BO's and the first 3 yellow chicks are turning somewhat white in different areas and someone said they might be white leghorns but I hope later on I can make a positive ID.
In the process of building a small coop 4' x 6' and 4' high.
Love this site and I am hoping to do a lot of reading and learning from all the friendly
people here.
I have always wanted my own chickens so the other day when I was in a farm supply store, I saw their new chicks and brought 6 home with me. 3 were yellow and 3 were black but
the young kid helping me couldn't tell me anything about them including what breed they were. I bought from the tub saying all female chickens, and next to it was a tub of straight run chicks.
A week late at another type of farm supply store I purchased 6 more chicks that this time were each labeled in seperate pens. So I bought 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Road Island Reds and 2 Buff Orphingtons.
My grand parents always had 50-70 chickens on their farm when I was growing up and they kept us supplied every Wed. Night with fresh eggs and a fryer or two. Since their passing I have always wanted a farm rasied chicken to eat and my brother and SIL built a coop and started their own flock. They have given us fresh eggs and a couple fryers but because we live so far apart we don't get them very often. My wife fried up one of their chickens and my youngest son couldn't believe how much better it tasted compared to store bought chicken. Such a hugh difference in taste!
For now though, we will raise hens just for laying and later on, add some birds for meat.
So now I think I have 5 BR's, 2 RIR's 2 BO's and the first 3 yellow chicks are turning somewhat white in different areas and someone said they might be white leghorns but I hope later on I can make a positive ID.
In the process of building a small coop 4' x 6' and 4' high.
Love this site and I am hoping to do a lot of reading and learning from all the friendly
people here.
and Welcome To BYC! Sounds like you are putting together a nice flock! There is a great article in the Learning Center that helps figure out the coop/run space you need for the birds you want 
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