Newbie from Northeast Tennessee!

[MagnificentMama]

Hey everyone! My big family and I live in Johnson City and are raising genuine Lay-line Buckeye Chickens that we allow to free range on our property. They are amazing at hiding and staying out of view! We have lots of woods on our property. We currently have 6 hens and 1 rooster (that we call Rojo).

We just found our first egg last Friday! So I put them in the coop/run hoping they would start to lay in the nesting boxes (as opposed to who knows where outside). So far, no more eggs. Our hens came in two hatch groups: one in early April and one at the end of April. So they are hitting that 5 month mark.

We used that first egg in our son's birthday cake.

Looking forward to finding others here local to me and others with Buckeyes!

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to Backyard Chickens. Glad that you have joined this fun and poultry loving community.

 

[Jener8or]

That looks like a nice egg; that cake must've tasted good! I have always been interested in Buckeyes, but never kept any. Hopefully I will get the opportunity someday. Welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[SilverBirds]

Hello and welcome to BYC!
Congrats on your first egg! Hopefully more start laying soon.
I used to have a Buckeye hen. She was very sweet and a reliable layer.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hey everyone! My big family and I live in Johnson City and are raising genuine Lay-line Buckeye Chickens that we allow to free range on our property. They are amazing at hiding and staying out of view! We have lots of woods on our property. We currently have 6 hens and 1 rooster (that we call Rojo).

We just found our first egg last Friday! So I put them in the coop/run hoping they would start to lay in the nesting boxes (as opposed to who knows where outside). So far, no more eggs. Our hens came in two hatch groups: one in early April and one at the end of April. So they are hitting that 5 month mark.

We used that first egg in our son's birthday cake.

Looking forward to finding others here local to me and others with Buckeyes!

From some early research on Buckeyes I found out they like to eat mice.

 

[MagnificentMama]

Thank you! So far they are just like everything I've read about them!

 

[SilverBirds]

From some early research on Buckeyes I found out they like to eat mice.

All the breeds I've ever owned hunted down mice and other small critters like raptors.

 

[MagnificentMama]

Hello and welcome to BYC!
Congrats on your first egg! Hopefully more start laying soon.
I used to have a Buckeye hen. She was very sweet and a reliable layer.

Thank you! I'm looking forward to more!

 

[MagnificentMama]

From some early research on Buckeyes I found out they like to eat mice.

I read that. We have plenty in our field!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens both of you. This is a great place to explore and hang out.