Kindra
In the Brooder
- Jun 24, 2017
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After caring for some chickens for someone out of town I decided I'd love to have some of my own! I don't trust store bought eggs, anyhow. In April, after much research(large amounts from this site), I picked up 8 chicks. 2 of each of the following: Speckled Sussex, Australorp, Plymouth Barred Rock, and Ameraucana. They were all supposed to be pullets, but I ended up with two roosters. I rehomed one(a Plymouth) to a wonderful place to be spoiled, but recently discovered one of my Speckled Sussex is also a boy. I'm crushed because I selected those as my favorites and had to hunt for them.
The rest of my flock is about 3 mos old and it's been fun learning their personalities and how smart some of then are. It's good for my 9 year old son as he helps care for them and even my husband, who gave me the "you must be nuts" look when I said I wanted chickens, enjoys them a lot.
We also have horses, Border Collies(we play with sheep sometimes), and some felines who are surprisingly not interested in the birds.
The rest of my flock is about 3 mos old and it's been fun learning their personalities and how smart some of then are. It's good for my 9 year old son as he helps care for them and even my husband, who gave me the "you must be nuts" look when I said I wanted chickens, enjoys them a lot.
We also have horses, Border Collies(we play with sheep sometimes), and some felines who are surprisingly not interested in the birds.
