New to this

[travisbeville]

My wife and I are new to raising chickens. I was raised around chickens but never really took care of them... Now I find myself owning 12. The man I bought them from ran a busy hatchery and sounded knowledgeable. I was supposedly buying 3 asian blue hens and cock, 3 barred plymouth rock hens and cock, 2 Plymouth rocks, and he gave me 2 white cornish for a total of 12. They were supposed to be a week old and that was about 6 or 7 weeks ago. I never realized how fast they grow...

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! Congrats on getting your chicken adventures underway
That's quite a mix of birds you have there in your flock. If you would like to check the breed and genders are correct you could post some pics in the what breed gender section of the forum for help ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

Wishing you the very best of luck with your birds in the future.be sure to ask any questions that you may have, everyone here to help and very friendly.

Enjoy BYC and all the chicken chat

 

[trailrider330]

Welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Yes, they do grow fast.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Just in case the hatchery owner didn't tell you, your white Cornish are likely Cornish crosses which are meat birds produced by crossing Cornish roosters with White Rock hens. This particular cross grows at a superfast rate and is ready to be butchered at 8 weeks. It's one of the interesting quirks of hybridization. In fact, if you wait much beyond the 8 weeks to butcher them, they will begin having serious health problems due to their abnormal growth rate. If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is loads of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.