- Apr 6, 2010
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I got my first chickens when I was in highschool from my aunt who bless her has always supported my obcessive love for all animals. I got involved with the chicken projects in 4-h and started showing my birds at the county fairs. When I moved to college, I had to sell all my lovely birds since my parents really didnt want to care for them... But being recently married, my husband has allowed me to start up a new (already large) flock.
Currently my oldest chicks are about 4/5 weeks old... I've got 11 barred rocks, 4 black sex links, 8 rhode island reds, 8 Americaunas, 6 STD partridge cochins, 3 Bantam blue cochins, 4 bantam buff cochins, 5 bantam black cochins, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 white chicks that I have yet to determine the breed and the same for 2 buff chicks (i'm beginning to think they might be buff orpingtons as well since I cant tell the difference) and 2 new hampshire reds. Then I have an order in for april 22nd from a hatchery to pick up 5 white crested polish's, 5 buff orpingtons and a cockrel, 5 california whites and a cockrel, 5 black STD cochins and hopefully
5 splash cochins i've been trying to get but everyone seems to be out of. The hatchery has instructions that if they dont have 5 splashes to just give me 10 STD blacks instead...
I am still a college student, majoring in equestrian science and hoping to someday open a youth ranch for troubled children and teenagers. I LOVE LOVE LOVE kids and hate seeing them hurt.
I currently work at Orschln's as a part time cashier, and I agree with most people that feed store chicks are often not well taken care of in feed stores, but I am coming more and more to realize its purely ignorance and am proud to say I have been educating both my managers and fellow employee's and customers on how they should be cared for
You can be sure my store keeps them well... at least when I'm on shift.
Other than the chickens, I also have 1 horse, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 1 red eared slider, and a 55 gal fish tank full of tropical fish. . . I love animals, what else can I say?
Currently my oldest chicks are about 4/5 weeks old... I've got 11 barred rocks, 4 black sex links, 8 rhode island reds, 8 Americaunas, 6 STD partridge cochins, 3 Bantam blue cochins, 4 bantam buff cochins, 5 bantam black cochins, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 white chicks that I have yet to determine the breed and the same for 2 buff chicks (i'm beginning to think they might be buff orpingtons as well since I cant tell the difference) and 2 new hampshire reds. Then I have an order in for april 22nd from a hatchery to pick up 5 white crested polish's, 5 buff orpingtons and a cockrel, 5 california whites and a cockrel, 5 black STD cochins and hopefully
I am still a college student, majoring in equestrian science and hoping to someday open a youth ranch for troubled children and teenagers. I LOVE LOVE LOVE kids and hate seeing them hurt.
I currently work at Orschln's as a part time cashier, and I agree with most people that feed store chicks are often not well taken care of in feed stores, but I am coming more and more to realize its purely ignorance and am proud to say I have been educating both my managers and fellow employee's and customers on how they should be cared for
Other than the chickens, I also have 1 horse, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 1 red eared slider, and a 55 gal fish tank full of tropical fish. . . I love animals, what else can I say?
