Thanks for the warm welcome guys!
I appreciate it.
We were so anxious to get Hens after we built our coop that I went to the first ad on Craigs List that had adults posted. I came home with an assortment.
After having them for over a week, I am about to throw in the towel on the red comets and the Orphington. We brought home;
1 barred rock, 1 Orphington, 1 Ameracauna, 3 comets and 4 days latter got another Ameracauna. All are good size and were sold to us as laying hens although now after looking them over may be older birds, how can you age a bird?
The only ones that have layed for us are the barred Rock (1 egg the first day), the original Ameracauna (3 green eggs)and the late addition Ameracauna .
2 pretty blue eggs. We also brought home a 6 month Aracauna rooster (we were told he was a rooster initially but then spoke with her a few days latter
and said she 'thinks' he was a rooster???
A friend of mine pulled an assortment (6 total) of her Ameracauna eggs from her fertile laying hens, we bought a small incubator and
are hopefully going to be chickie moms in a couple of weeks.
How much longer do we give the others before we decide we will have an expensive chicken dinner? (paid 17 each for comets and Orphington.
I am a GSD nutt!
You can see our website here:
www.k9-pines.com --- hubby is a city cop for Hendersonville
Waiting for status change as I am curious what color the 2nd Ameracauna is I think she is a blue wheaton? She is my fav next to my
presumed Aracauna boy, he is a sweet heart.
Melisa
k9 we're up the mountain in Burnsville. glad to have ya in this neck of the woods.
