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[Lazy Farmer]

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Thank you for being here!

My husband and I bought our 11 hens and 1 rooster from a farmer who was done with raising chickens in October of this year.

We are so new to raising chickens that I can't even tell you the breeds. (I am thinking 3 australorps, 1 leghorn, and I need to do more research beyond that). The charts that I have found for identifying breeds are either out of focus, or don't contain our ladies. It could be that they are crossbred too.

Our chickens are free range during the day and get layer pellets as well (this is recent, because I was originally misinformed that scratch is adequate as feed). We also feed table scraps and I cook them up pinto beans every couple of weeks or so.

For rookies, we are doing pretty well. All seem healthy now (except for one who is plucking her feathers). We inherited them with fowl pox which we successfully resolved about a month ago. They have also made it through a molt.

If you have a good source for identifying chickens, I'd love it!

Look forward to the community.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to backyard Chickens happy Solstice day to you also

 

[microchick]

Howdy from Northeastern Missouri and Merry Christmas! Sure glad you could join the flock!

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do

 

[blackdust951]

helloand welcome to backyard chickens!we're so happy you've decided to join usi hope you enjoy being a member of BYC as much as we do.

 

[N F C]

It's nice to have you here!

 

[Susannah4040]

G'day and Welcome

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

Sounds like you've been through a crash course on chickens and doing well. With treats, I recommend keeping them at less than 10% of total diet, which sounds like you're already doing... Just wanted to put a number on it.

 

[Book Em Danno25]

& Happy Holidays!