Kuikenchicks
In the Brooder
- Dec 11, 2024
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Hey all,
I had no idea how much our family would enjoy raising chickens. We knew nothing going into this adventure ands have learned a ton on the fly. We swore we would never own pets (my husband is allergic to most animals) and we didn’t want any animals inside our house. After a visit to chickens, our kids talked us into buying some chicks right before school started. (Not the ideal time, I know now, but we didn’t really think through what it would all entail.)
The nice lady at Rural King talked us into purchasing six chicks- assuring us the likelihood of them all surviving was minimal.
We started with two buff Orpington, two Rhode Island reds, and two sapphire gems and low and behold- they all are thriving.
We live in a residential neighborhood in Champaign, IL and it turns out our city limits us to six hens. So glad we didn’t grab a silkie while at the store! We turned the kids backyard club house (that they never used) into the coop and then read through our city requirements and discovered we needed this thing called a run.
Luckily between YouTube, Menards & Home Depot we had just what we needed.
At the beginning we were very diligent about working outside in our yard while the girls got an hour or two of free ranging. (We had a couple of hawks that were super interested in our yard.) But as winter has set in, and now that the girls know all the good hiding places in our yard- we let them free range most of the day and we ‘supervise’ from inside. When we aren’t home, they enjoy the run/coop.
We just got our first egg from Pew-Pew, one of our sapphire gems! We feel like proud grandparents. Ha ha!
I’m excited to learn from this community and have enjoyed reading many of the articles. Thanks for holding this space for all of us!
I had no idea how much our family would enjoy raising chickens. We knew nothing going into this adventure ands have learned a ton on the fly. We swore we would never own pets (my husband is allergic to most animals) and we didn’t want any animals inside our house. After a visit to chickens, our kids talked us into buying some chicks right before school started. (Not the ideal time, I know now, but we didn’t really think through what it would all entail.)
The nice lady at Rural King talked us into purchasing six chicks- assuring us the likelihood of them all surviving was minimal.
We started with two buff Orpington, two Rhode Island reds, and two sapphire gems and low and behold- they all are thriving. We live in a residential neighborhood in Champaign, IL and it turns out our city limits us to six hens. So glad we didn’t grab a silkie while at the store! We turned the kids backyard club house (that they never used) into the coop and then read through our city requirements and discovered we needed this thing called a run.
Luckily between YouTube, Menards & Home Depot we had just what we needed. At the beginning we were very diligent about working outside in our yard while the girls got an hour or two of free ranging. (We had a couple of hawks that were super interested in our yard.) But as winter has set in, and now that the girls know all the good hiding places in our yard- we let them free range most of the day and we ‘supervise’ from inside. When we aren’t home, they enjoy the run/coop.
We just got our first egg from Pew-Pew, one of our sapphire gems! We feel like proud grandparents. Ha ha!
I’m excited to learn from this community and have enjoyed reading many of the articles. Thanks for holding this space for all of us!
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
