angelashelton
In the Brooder
- Jul 3, 2020
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Hello!! I'm Angela and Covid gave me chickens. I wanted them originally for egg supply, not eating but when I saw they were sold out I became determined, calling the local hatcheries and Tractor Supply daily. They came in, I ran to get them.
I had 18 and one died - a little silkie suffocated I think... meh.
We have 17! Since I got what I could we had to go straight run so I figured it was a gamble and I could give roosters away or eat them? OMG...
My daughter named them all:
Australorp - Chocolate Chalky, Angel Bally, Luca Skye
Easter Eggers - Squirrel, Chipmunk, Cinnamon, Sugar Pearl, Pepper (the only easter hen looks like)
Silkies (all white) - Llama, Herman, Henrietta, Georgie
Buffington - Chicken
Two twins I have no idea what they are - Penne and Buttercup - Penne has now been renamed to Squeaky since he revealed himself as a rooster, sounds just like a dog toy
Bantums - Rocker, Luna Lulu Liu
I'll share more pictures soon.
ROOSTERS:
Chipmunk in the foreground, Cinnamon on the rock
I took the leap BEFORE we had a chicken coop. I had a bucket in the basement that slowly expanded to a whole farm and bye bye basement. I had the brilliant idea to turn my neighbor's kid playhouse into a coop that my daughter and I could manage. But it rained every single day and when I kept asking way too many construction questions grandpa huffed and said he'd just build me one, what kind of style did I want?
This was brilliant because it kept our folks occupied during covid. Grandpa painted. Grandpa built. Daddy working on the fence posts with me while my daugther and I cared for the baby chicks in the basement - daddy says we can never do that again!
So I went from a makeshift-wanna-be country playhouse to a Ralph Lauren coop with solar power that has the first playhouse in the chicken yard as the chicken's playhouse! I'm going to start a whole page for this awesome coop that grandpa built. The COVID COOP!
Then SURPRISE! Roosters started revealing themselves. So far we have 6 roosters out of 17 and I suspect 3 more..
I LOVE these birds (although HAVE to rehome some roosters, omg help me) They have become my surprise therapy chickens.
I am a filmmaker and public speaker ( https://angelashelton.com ) Yes, I'm THAT Angela if you've seen my documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton.
Now I'm searching for rooster lovers!
I've been reading BYC since I began, but my chicken mentor told me to start a profile! So here I am.
AND I just finished reading HOW TO SPEAK CHICKEN so buh-dup!
Next is OMG RE-HOME THESE ROOSTERS!
I had 18 and one died - a little silkie suffocated I think... meh.
We have 17! Since I got what I could we had to go straight run so I figured it was a gamble and I could give roosters away or eat them? OMG...
My daughter named them all:
Australorp - Chocolate Chalky, Angel Bally, Luca Skye
Easter Eggers - Squirrel, Chipmunk, Cinnamon, Sugar Pearl, Pepper (the only easter hen looks like)
Silkies (all white) - Llama, Herman, Henrietta, Georgie
Buffington - Chicken
Two twins I have no idea what they are - Penne and Buttercup - Penne has now been renamed to Squeaky since he revealed himself as a rooster, sounds just like a dog toy
Bantums - Rocker, Luna Lulu Liu
I'll share more pictures soon.
ROOSTERS:
Chipmunk in the foreground, Cinnamon on the rock
I took the leap BEFORE we had a chicken coop. I had a bucket in the basement that slowly expanded to a whole farm and bye bye basement. I had the brilliant idea to turn my neighbor's kid playhouse into a coop that my daughter and I could manage. But it rained every single day and when I kept asking way too many construction questions grandpa huffed and said he'd just build me one, what kind of style did I want?
This was brilliant because it kept our folks occupied during covid. Grandpa painted. Grandpa built. Daddy working on the fence posts with me while my daugther and I cared for the baby chicks in the basement - daddy says we can never do that again!
So I went from a makeshift-wanna-be country playhouse to a Ralph Lauren coop with solar power that has the first playhouse in the chicken yard as the chicken's playhouse! I'm going to start a whole page for this awesome coop that grandpa built. The COVID COOP!
Then SURPRISE! Roosters started revealing themselves. So far we have 6 roosters out of 17 and I suspect 3 more..
I LOVE these birds (although HAVE to rehome some roosters, omg help me) They have become my surprise therapy chickens.
I am a filmmaker and public speaker ( https://angelashelton.com ) Yes, I'm THAT Angela if you've seen my documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton.
Now I'm searching for rooster lovers!
I've been reading BYC since I began, but my chicken mentor told me to start a profile! So here I am.
AND I just finished reading HOW TO SPEAK CHICKEN so buh-dup!
Next is OMG RE-HOME THESE ROOSTERS!