- Aug 7, 2012
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Hi all. After loitering here for a week now, I thought it was time to join. I have learned a great deal from all the articles and other threads. It seems like a very supportive and friendly place to learn about chickens. My family and I moved to Virginia from Alaska in May and decided that this 10 acres needed a few chickens. Our two oldest daughters (9 and 11) eagerly awaited the chicken coop being built and now we have 5 little chicks. We bought them from the Bluemont General Store in Bluemont Virginia. They are supposed to be mixed breed Bantams. If we end up with a Rooster, we can take it back and get a female in exchange. We have had them for just over a week now and they were supposed to be 1 week old when we got them. You can see a picture of them on my avatar.
They spend the warm days in their little scratch yard and then go back to the brooder in the evening. I am worrying and fretting like a brand new mommy, but they are doing well in spite me.
Again, this looks like a great place for me and my girls to get great information and share information. I will most likely need help sexing the chicks because I have probably looked at 100 threads and they all look the same to me.
One is growing like crazy and we are beginning to wonder if a big chick got mixed in with our Bantams. Only time will tell. I feel like waiting for Christmas to see what these little cuties will look like when they grow up.
Amy
They spend the warm days in their little scratch yard and then go back to the brooder in the evening. I am worrying and fretting like a brand new mommy, but they are doing well in spite me.
Again, this looks like a great place for me and my girls to get great information and share information. I will most likely need help sexing the chicks because I have probably looked at 100 threads and they all look the same to me.
One is growing like crazy and we are beginning to wonder if a big chick got mixed in with our Bantams. Only time will tell. I feel like waiting for Christmas to see what these little cuties will look like when they grow up.
Amy
from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. 
