New to BYC and chickens!

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hulaskirt87

hulaskirt87

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Hello All! My family and I are new to care and keeping of back yard chickens but we jumped right in and have a pretty large coop and 12 chickens along with 2 large white geese! It has been a lot of fun so far and we have started getting eggs! (Mostly from the goose but hey 1 egg = a whole omelet!!)

We have a variety of girls:
4 Cinnamon Queens (about 1 yr) Agatha, Berty, Agnes, Miss Prissy
3 Rhode Island Reds (2 6 months old 1 is about 1 yr) Espiranza, Carmelita, Gertrude
2 Ameraucana's (about 5 months) Lola & Fanny
1 all white Leghorn (about 5 months) - Sunshine

Our Gentlemen:
1 Leghorn (a little under 1 yr) - Foghorn Leghorn
1 Rhode Island Red (6 Months) - Juan Pablo



Thank you for reading!! Glad to be a part of BYC!

Cara
 
Alright Cara,
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great to have you joining the BYC flock
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BYC has a very useful learning center
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That a assume chicken coop you have
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Catching some morning sun ....
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Feeding time at the zoo ....
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gander007
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Welcome to BYC!

Sounds like you have a lovely flock! Oh, and love your coop! Your birds must love their accommodations.

Great to have you aboard and welcome to our flock!
 
Welcome to BYC, Cara. Glad you decided to join our flock. Your chickens have some cute names and you have some really good layers. Cinnamon Queen is one of many labels under which some hatcheries market their Red Sex Links and, like all Red Sex Link hens, they are egg laying machines. One thing you need to be careful about is your hen to rooster ratio. It's not a problem at your roosters present ages, but as they mature it can become a problem. The recommended ratio of hens to roosters is 10 hens for every 1 rooster as too many roosters can very hard physically on your hens; over-breeding them, biting and plucking feathers from their necks and backs, battering them, and even potentially, seriously injuring them. I currently have 25 hens and no roosters, and I get loads of eggs without the aggression, fighting, unproductive mouths to feed, crowing in the middle of the night, over-breeding, and battering of hens that goes along with having roosters (especially too many of them). My hens are stress free and seem to enjoy not having any roosters around. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 

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