Mama Brahma
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My family is new to the world of owning chickens. I have cared for chickens in the past for family members who were out of town but have never raised our own. We will be receiving our first baby chicks on March 31. Very exciting!!
I am an eternal student. Whatever my interest may be, I dive in and have to learn everything I can. For months I have been reading books, watching Youtube channels about raising chickens (two of my favorites are Oak Abode and Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily), pretty much anything I could get my hands on, so I have at least a little knowledge before getting our first chicks. After doing a ton of research on different breeds that would be good for our needs, we have settled on these, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp, 1 Buff Brahma, 1 Blue Plymouth Rock, 1 Olive Egger, 2 Easter Eggers, and last but not least 1 Mystic Maran.
We are looking forward to having farm fresh eggs daily. I do a ton of baking and my family eats a lot of eggs. So, it made sense for us to raise our own chickens. Plus knowing exactly what the chickens are being fed and how they are raised is very important to us. But probably one of the biggest things we are looking forward to is interacting with the chickens daily and raising a happy healthy flock.
I have been raising Chesapeake Bay Retrievers for the past 30 years. My nephew has been raised with them since he was 3 and my niece has been raised with them her whole life. They are my helpers with all the dogs. I have bred a couple of litters. I currently have 4 Chesapeakes, 2 eleven-year-old (brother and sister from my first litter) and 2 five-year-old (sisters from my second litter). The five-year-olds are the daughters of my older girl. Throughout my life I have also raised mice, hamsters, fish and cats. My niece raises snakes, she currently has a Ball Python and a Corn Snake. She is raising and training a Border Collie/Rough Coat Collie mix to be her service dog for seizures.
We have the YouTube channel, Oak Abode, to thank for recommending this site. This morning I was watching another one of her videos about raising chickens and she mentioned this site so before I forgot about it, I jumped online and looked it up, so here I am
A few photos of our dogs.
I am an eternal student. Whatever my interest may be, I dive in and have to learn everything I can. For months I have been reading books, watching Youtube channels about raising chickens (two of my favorites are Oak Abode and Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily), pretty much anything I could get my hands on, so I have at least a little knowledge before getting our first chicks. After doing a ton of research on different breeds that would be good for our needs, we have settled on these, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Black Australorp, 1 Buff Brahma, 1 Blue Plymouth Rock, 1 Olive Egger, 2 Easter Eggers, and last but not least 1 Mystic Maran.
We are looking forward to having farm fresh eggs daily. I do a ton of baking and my family eats a lot of eggs. So, it made sense for us to raise our own chickens. Plus knowing exactly what the chickens are being fed and how they are raised is very important to us. But probably one of the biggest things we are looking forward to is interacting with the chickens daily and raising a happy healthy flock.
I have been raising Chesapeake Bay Retrievers for the past 30 years. My nephew has been raised with them since he was 3 and my niece has been raised with them her whole life. They are my helpers with all the dogs. I have bred a couple of litters. I currently have 4 Chesapeakes, 2 eleven-year-old (brother and sister from my first litter) and 2 five-year-old (sisters from my second litter). The five-year-olds are the daughters of my older girl. Throughout my life I have also raised mice, hamsters, fish and cats. My niece raises snakes, she currently has a Ball Python and a Corn Snake. She is raising and training a Border Collie/Rough Coat Collie mix to be her service dog for seizures.
We have the YouTube channel, Oak Abode, to thank for recommending this site. This morning I was watching another one of her videos about raising chickens and she mentioned this site so before I forgot about it, I jumped online and looked it up, so here I am
A few photos of our dogs.
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