so now i am a new chicken owner, as it was thrust upon me at a last minutes notice. one of the in-laws, moved and was just gonna leave their chickens at the old house...thats just wrong , and i pick up all the strays anyhow.
so i have ended up with 2 roosters and 5 hens
ei have an old building out back where i live, nothing really in it, my neighbor had some of them green metal fence posts that he gave to me, and i am sad to say that i am broke as all get out, and am not physically able to do much, back surgery has destroyed my hard labor days
my neighbor dug a trench, hammered in the posts, and we strung up the chicken wire. got a bale of straw given to me, have 4 banana boxes sitting on an old multi lvl gatorade display that broke down into 3 tables.
as far as i can tell, i have 1 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte rooster, he's big, 1 Australorp rooster and 4 reds and 1 other hen that looks an awful lot like the pictures on BYC of Buff Orpington
i hammered up a 2x4 sideways as a perch. the black rooster runs around in the back yard and the other stays in the pin
if i can get my camera workin i will post some pics, after looking at some of yours on the forums... man i feel bad, but least i can feed them and house them. when i get some cash, i am gonna try to put together some nest boxes and stuff to replace the temp ones now.
glad to be member here now, and i will probly be reading for the next 3-4 days just to get up to speed, hopefully, lol
i was told the hens were molting, but that big wyandotte is kinda mean to them lil girls
their poor lil backs are bald, well just about, i know a long intro and i am sry , glad to be here, look forward to talkin with everyone.
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) i all i could think about was not buying eggs anymore, haha!
