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[countrylass58]

Good morning from South Western Ontario. After many years of not having chooks, decided 2yrs ago to get back into having some girls around for the eggs. I grew up having chickens, (Rhodes and Plymouth Rocks.) My parents raised to sell eggs and we had some that were raised for the meat.
When I moved from home and a few years later, my late husband and I moved to a piece of land with acreage so I was privileged to get back to my chicken "farming". I was quite lucky to have a chicken fancier that bred many types of birds for show, so he got me started with black marans, silkies, and some mixed breeds that a naughty rooster got into a pen that he should not have been in and sowed his wild oats so to speak and I ended up with the chicks. I also had a pair of seabright banty roosters and one hen that the man where I bought my feed did not want anymore. So fast forward to three years ago, I had moved and over the course of 14 years hemmed and hawed whether to have chickens again. I finally took the plunge and have not regretted it. I was suffering major depression after losing my 9 yr old grandson whilst caring fulltime for my mum in my home to which she succumbed and died 4 months later. I did not want to go on meds and thought long and hard... what gave me the most pleasure in the past. Chickens. So bought 6 Rhode Island Reds and 6 Plymouth Rocks and now I am bursting with the sweetest group of hens and a couple of roos.
I now have Rhodes, Columbian Rock, Plymouth Rock, one wee Lavendar Cochin Banty, a Polish banty hen, buff orpingtons ( they are 4 months old) Auracana, Astralorpe, to name a few. They have brought me out of depression, given me great joy and eggs and now I have an addiction.
I want to keep adding more and more differerent breeds. Anyone else have that urge to find that new chicken that is not in your group ? lol.... I have now retired so I guess you could call this my new hobby? This is also my first year using an incubator and would love to hear advice from the well seasoned chicken lover. Maire

 

[countrylass58]

Thank you everyone for your kind welcomes.