ok, time is ticking down, i am nervous... do I or dont i???

[fishnet1971]

get more chicks this year???? I am like an expectant parent, but only one who is able to give the kids back if I dont want them up until next Monday morning.

I have 8 hens and 1 good boy. got them last April. They are all RSL and they are allll spoiled. (Bird and the Fluffy Butts) I have a HUGE run for them, I spend mocho time with them, they are pets who happen to give me eggs. I am down to only 5 eor 6 eggs a day now. One adoptee is to old to lay, one quict in November when she got sick and hasnt given me an egg since. I wouldnt give any of them up for anything. They get free roam time almost every afternoon when I am home with them. They have a tajmahal of coops. its 8 X 12 full height shed with insulation, painted, sided, etc. I have the inside sectioned off so that the flock has a 8 X 6 section for them, and the rest is for food storage, bedding, etc. i open the entire shed up for them in the winter when its to cold to go out, so they have the entire 8 X 12 shed. I have 6 chicks on order with Meyers to be picked up next Monday morning. I am doing the typical momma shufle..... do I have enough room? Will they be able to accecpt each other? Do I have to put them into separate pens? will my Roo Bird hurt the polish hen? WIll Bird kill the polish roo? Maybe I should not get the Polish roo, only take the hen? OMG OMg OMG.... as i am running into walls, maybe I should just cancel the order and not get any this year? You are NEVER ready for kids, I know.... but but but....... ARGGGGGGGGGGGGG.....

1 EE
A pair of Polish
2 white Cochins
1 Golden Laced Wyandott

 

[BooBear]

I can only encourage you to get the new chicks.
When the chicks are as big as the adults then you can integrate them into the flock.

 

[Sassafras]

Do you need more eggs? Is there another reason to "rock the boat"? If you get another rooster you might have to make a separate pen for it and it's hen if there is too much fighting.

 

[fishnet1971]

I can always use more eggs. i have so many requests for eggs, i could have a few dozen laying hens and STILL not have enough eggs. The eggs are now paying for everything they need (food, snacks, bedding, etc.) I think I am going to go ahead and do it, but only get the female polish and leave the male out. I really wanted to have a pair and maybe start breeding, but i dont want him to get beat up by my current roo. and I dont want to have to keep them separated all the time via 2 pens and 2 houses.

ok, someone just tell me to do it. that way i can blame it on you...

 

[BooBear]

do it, do it,