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[Angela66]

I've been raising chickens with my mom for 6 years. Last year we started selling our farm fresh eggs commercially and this is our first year we've had to cull our flock. We've lost chickens due to dogs, coyotes, a bobcat, weather, and a couple of mysterious. We've ordered chicks every year, until this year. Last year we ended up with a few roos in our chicks, so I wanted to experiment a bit and see what kind of egg colors we might end up with. That's how we choose our chickens: temperament, egg color, and temperature tolerance. Last summer we ordered both chicks and eggs and allowed one of our broody hens hatch the eggs. 9 chicks arrived and 5 hatched. These 5 were very closely bonded and more outgoing and athletic than any before. This year, we wanted to hatch our own eggs naturally, but none of our hens were broody at the right time when we had fertile eggs, so we let the local Kindergarten hatch them. We ended up with 13 chicks. At least 7 of those appear to be male at this time. Last week? 14 weeks after we got rid of our Roosters one of our hens showed up with a brand new chick. It's father options being a turkey, very unlikely, or a wild pheasant or quail. It's only a few days old, but it's current markings are making me think it's part quail. Here are a few pictures of our flock. Pictured are some of our chicks through the years, a few of our turkeys, a couple of our Roosters (all gone now, except the couple polts we have), many of our hens, our eggs, and of course our sweet little mystery chick.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Beautiful photos, your flock is gorgeous! The last photo looks like a young Turkey to me. Thanks for sharing your birds!

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC!

 

[Blue Raptor]

I've been raising chickens with my mom for 6 years. Last year we started selling our farm fresh eggs commercially and this is our first year we've had to cull our flock. We've lost chickens due to dogs, coyotes, a bobcat, weather, and a couple of mysterious. We've ordered chicks every year, until this year. Last year we ended up with a few roos in our chicks, so I wanted to experiment a bit and see what kind of egg colors we might end up with. That's how we choose our chickens: temperament, egg color, and temperature tolerance. Last summer we ordered both chicks and eggs and allowed one of our broody hens hatch the eggs. 9 chicks arrived and 5 hatched. These 5 were very closely bonded and more outgoing and athletic than any before. This year, we wanted to hatch our own eggs naturally, but none of our hens were broody at the right time when we had fertile eggs, so we let the local Kindergarten hatch them. We ended up with 13 chicks. At least 7 of those appear to be male at this time. Last week? 14 weeks after we got rid of our Roosters one of our hens showed up with a brand new chick. It's father options being a turkey, very unlikely, or a wild pheasant or quail. It's only a few days old, but it's current markings are making me think it's part quail. Here are a few pictures of our flock. Pictured are some of our chicks through the years, a few of our turkeys, a couple of our Roosters (all gone now, except the couple polts we have), many of our hens, our eggs, and of course our sweet little mystery chick.

I've been raising chickens with my mom for 6 years. Last year we started selling our farm fresh eggs commercially and this is our first year we've had to cull our flock. We've lost chickens due to dogs, coyotes, a bobcat, weather, and a couple of mysterious. We've ordered chicks every year, until this year. Last year we ended up with a few roos in our chicks, so I wanted to experiment a bit and see what kind of egg colors we might end up with. That's how we choose our chickens: temperament, egg color, and temperature tolerance. Last summer we ordered both chicks and eggs and allowed one of our broody hens hatch the eggs. 9 chicks arrived and 5 hatched. These 5 were very closely bonded and more outgoing and athletic than any before. This year, we wanted to hatch our own eggs naturally, but none of our hens were broody at the right time when we had fertile eggs, so we let the local Kindergarten hatch them. We ended up with 13 chicks. At least 7 of those appear to be male at this time. Last week? 14 weeks after we got rid of our Roosters one of our hens showed up with a brand new chick. It's father options being a turkey, very unlikely, or a wild pheasant or quail. It's only a few days old, but it's current markings are making me think it's part quail. Here are a few pictures of our flock. Pictured are some of our chicks through the years, a few of our turkeys, a couple of our Roosters (all gone now, except the couple polts we have), many of our hens, our eggs, and of course our sweet little mystery chick.

Welcome to BYC!! Beautiful flock!

 

[DotToDot]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, welcome to BYC! So glad to have you!

Lovely flock, and eggs!

 

[DotToDot]

Welcome to BYC! We’re glad you joined.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Angela, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful pictures!

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC!
Thanks for sharing all the lovely pictures.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @Angela66

Lovely pics! Enjoy BYC