Paul and Robbin
Hatching
- Jul 23, 2017
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My wife and I have always loved the BYC forum, but for some reason just never signed up. We had our first go round with chickens in our back yard of about a third of an acre for a year about 4 years ago and then had to sell it all when we had to move. After building up the nerve to ask our neighbors for their blessing, this past February we received our 1-day old chicks - 15 of them. Part of the deal is that we don't have roosters, but we can live with that. We live in an area where it would be a little surprising to find chickens in the back yard, and we love that it has worked out to have them again! All the ladies were hatched on February 20th and are a combination of different breeds. We have 2 Blue Splash Marans, 2 Golden Cuckoo Marans, 2 Black Australorps, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Lavender Orpington, 2 Easter Eggers, 2 Blue Easter Eggers, and 3 Welsummers.
This past week, on July 20th (exactly 5 months in) we found a tiny blue egg and a tiny pink/tan egg. Today we got a tiny darker brown egg. We are so excited that some of them have started laying, and we THINK we know which ones are doing the laying. The Orpington sisters don't seem to be mature enough yet, and one of the Easter Eggers is a bit farter behind her sister on the comb development, but we were honestly not expecting any eggs this early either.
I would not consider us experts by any means, but compared to most of our friends, family, co-workers we certainly are as they have started having a lot of questions. We love finding out about our friends who have had chickens in the past or are considering starting it up again and we have always found this place to be a very kind and friendly place to find answers when we don't know the answers.
So, that is pretty much what there is about us at this point. Thanks for having us here! Are any of you currently enjoying chickens in your back yard here in the Tampa area??
This past week, on July 20th (exactly 5 months in) we found a tiny blue egg and a tiny pink/tan egg. Today we got a tiny darker brown egg. We are so excited that some of them have started laying, and we THINK we know which ones are doing the laying. The Orpington sisters don't seem to be mature enough yet, and one of the Easter Eggers is a bit farter behind her sister on the comb development, but we were honestly not expecting any eggs this early either.
I would not consider us experts by any means, but compared to most of our friends, family, co-workers we certainly are as they have started having a lot of questions. We love finding out about our friends who have had chickens in the past or are considering starting it up again and we have always found this place to be a very kind and friendly place to find answers when we don't know the answers.
So, that is pretty much what there is about us at this point. Thanks for having us here! Are any of you currently enjoying chickens in your back yard here in the Tampa area??
