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In the Brooder
Good Morning, Everyone!
New here, with only one post under my belt and thought I would introduce myself and our little crew. We live in Eastern PA and just started out with three hens, two Red Sex Links and one black hen (sold to us as a Black Australorp, but may be a Black Sex Link), named Ruby, Pearl, and Edith respectively. We plan to add more later on, once we have more experience. I have been interested in the Dominiques, Barred Rocks, and various Wyandottes. Suggestions welcome!
We purchased our hens from a great local "urban farm". Here's my son checking out our options.
We were very pleased with the selection offered by this provider. His Buff Orpingtons were extremely friendly, and they hand-train all of their birds to be used to human contact. This was important to us, having two young children.
Here are our ladies hanging out in their temporary digs while finished setting up their coop.
My daughter giving Edith some love. While Edith can be a little bit of a bully to the other hens, she will settle down with us after a minute and has fallen asleep being pet before!
Hello, ladies! Ruby (darker yellow legs), Pearl (lighter cream legs), and Edith getting a drink. Here they are 19-21 weeks old.
Our coop in progress, made with $45 of material and a free-cycled doghouse. We plan to raise everything up more within the next couple of weeks and add a vent window and exterior covered nest boxes to the doghouse (we have a nest box inside the doghouse area right now).
The coop after adding a little more outdoor space.
Edith; she's the top hen
Accidentally free-ranging one day when I left the coop door open. Good thing our neighbors get a kick out of us wrangling out chickens!
They sure do love to explore!
While none of our gals have started laying yet, I did catch Ruby practicing her submissive squat, and she has been spending a little extra time on the nesting box lately.
Pearl (facing the camera) is the sweetest and youngest of the three. She is quite friendly and inquisitive, and will let us pet her without having to pick her up.
New here, with only one post under my belt and thought I would introduce myself and our little crew. We live in Eastern PA and just started out with three hens, two Red Sex Links and one black hen (sold to us as a Black Australorp, but may be a Black Sex Link), named Ruby, Pearl, and Edith respectively. We plan to add more later on, once we have more experience. I have been interested in the Dominiques, Barred Rocks, and various Wyandottes. Suggestions welcome!
We purchased our hens from a great local "urban farm". Here's my son checking out our options.
We were very pleased with the selection offered by this provider. His Buff Orpingtons were extremely friendly, and they hand-train all of their birds to be used to human contact. This was important to us, having two young children.
Here are our ladies hanging out in their temporary digs while finished setting up their coop.
My daughter giving Edith some love. While Edith can be a little bit of a bully to the other hens, she will settle down with us after a minute and has fallen asleep being pet before!
Hello, ladies! Ruby (darker yellow legs), Pearl (lighter cream legs), and Edith getting a drink. Here they are 19-21 weeks old.
Our coop in progress, made with $45 of material and a free-cycled doghouse. We plan to raise everything up more within the next couple of weeks and add a vent window and exterior covered nest boxes to the doghouse (we have a nest box inside the doghouse area right now).
The coop after adding a little more outdoor space.
Edith; she's the top hen
Accidentally free-ranging one day when I left the coop door open. Good thing our neighbors get a kick out of us wrangling out chickens!
They sure do love to explore!
While none of our gals have started laying yet, I did catch Ruby practicing her submissive squat, and she has been spending a little extra time on the nesting box lately.
Pearl (facing the camera) is the sweetest and youngest of the three. She is quite friendly and inquisitive, and will let us pet her without having to pick her up.
