- Mar 23, 2015
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1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Thirty some odd years ago, while looking to purchase a goat, my husband and I met a couple who were off the grid, backwoods homesteaders. We ended up bartering...my husband trimmed several of their horses and they agreed to bring us some chickens in trade. I really don't remember the details but the next morning they arrived with six large chickens and seemingly a truckload of banties that they turned loose since we really had no pen for them. I named the large chickens after the characters in the soap opera All My Children. Palmer the rooster had Phoebe, Helen, Erica, Angie and another, the banties were never named as there were so many of them. We lived on wooded acres and the banties free ranged, laid eggs in the feed box of the horse trailer and everywhere else they cared to and really annoyed me when they roosted in the rafters of the miniature horse stalls instead of the trees and pooped on my horses. They raised babies and lived and died a la natural. Occasionally they would visit when I scattered something especially tasty.
Mostly I remember that although we were on Pacific Standard Time, the many, many roosters began crowing when the sun rose in Maine. I left the chickens with the new owners when we sold the property in 1985 and only had one chicken since, a backyard pet named Ruby.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Four hens. Recently purchases from a Heritage Breeder. They have certainly increased in $$ value since the early 1980s!
(3) What breeds do you have?
A Rhode Island Red, a Buff Orpington, a Barred Rock and an Australorp.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
By luck searching the internet. I am so glad I did.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
My husband and I raised miniature horses since 1979 and were one of the oldest established farms in eastern Washington. We retired from breeding in 2000 and have been doing rescue and rehab on an as needed basis. I always had a soft spot for the lame, blind, elderly horses that popped up. Now we only have three aged miniature geldings, an elderly former mounted patrol horse and the world's prettiest pony.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to
Soon to be retired!
Thirty some odd years ago, while looking to purchase a goat, my husband and I met a couple who were off the grid, backwoods homesteaders. We ended up bartering...my husband trimmed several of their horses and they agreed to bring us some chickens in trade. I really don't remember the details but the next morning they arrived with six large chickens and seemingly a truckload of banties that they turned loose since we really had no pen for them. I named the large chickens after the characters in the soap opera All My Children. Palmer the rooster had Phoebe, Helen, Erica, Angie and another, the banties were never named as there were so many of them. We lived on wooded acres and the banties free ranged, laid eggs in the feed box of the horse trailer and everywhere else they cared to and really annoyed me when they roosted in the rafters of the miniature horse stalls instead of the trees and pooped on my horses. They raised babies and lived and died a la natural. Occasionally they would visit when I scattered something especially tasty.
Mostly I remember that although we were on Pacific Standard Time, the many, many roosters began crowing when the sun rose in Maine. I left the chickens with the new owners when we sold the property in 1985 and only had one chicken since, a backyard pet named Ruby.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Four hens. Recently purchases from a Heritage Breeder. They have certainly increased in $$ value since the early 1980s!
(3) What breeds do you have?
A Rhode Island Red, a Buff Orpington, a Barred Rock and an Australorp.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
By luck searching the internet. I am so glad I did.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
My husband and I raised miniature horses since 1979 and were one of the oldest established farms in eastern Washington. We retired from breeding in 2000 and have been doing rescue and rehab on an as needed basis. I always had a soft spot for the lame, blind, elderly horses that popped up. Now we only have three aged miniature geldings, an elderly former mounted patrol horse and the world's prettiest pony.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to
Soon to be retired!
