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[JDHoltt]

Hi, my husband and I have decided to give our hand at raising layers since we bought a house and my grandma had talked me into enjoying chickens as she has for a few years now.

I have a group of 6 chicks, ranging between 2 and three weeks. Not exactly sure on their ages as I bought them from a local feed store who said the youngest they carried were 3 days old and the oldest were 2 weeks.

I have
2 ISA Brown
1 Buff Orp*
2 RIR
1 Barred Rock (Her name is Wednesday because she's black and I was feeling very Adams family vibes from her!)

*We had 2 Buff Orp however the first night we brought the 6 chicks home one of our Buff Orp passed away within 12 hours of bringing her home.
(Barred Rock was given to us by the feed store to recoup from the loss. She wasn't an original pick for our group.)

I actually joined to write about the experience I just had with one of my RIRs.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, JDHoltt, and

! Great to have you in our community! Here's a link where you can locate your state thread and chat with fellow IL poultry folks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread
Best wishes and thanks for joining BYC!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us. Here's some links that may be interesting:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-and-raising-chicks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-your-baby-chicks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...ks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Best wishes
CT

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under JDHoltt

Welcome!

As you have already received links to some good starting points, I will just wish you all the best.

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you would like to share pictures and stories of your flock, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

 

[drumstick diva]