tomfromsc
Songster
Last summer I bought two Orpington hens with the 5 chicks that they hatched [they were from more than one hen obviously that's the picture in my avatar] , I wanted to raise a few chicks purely for entertainment and add a few hens to my flock at the same time . The 2 Orp hens worked out fine both laid daily soon as they weaned the chicks and the chicks grew rapidly and all 5 were pullets 1 black star , 1 Delaware , 2 red sex links and 1 silver penciled sex link this was my first problem , I didn't expect that and was not prepared for 5 more hens but luck of the Irish there they were so now do I build a bigger coop or cull a few of the older hens ...my second problem , the wife named them all so there will be NO culling. In my novice thinking I thought I would have to cull a few of the chicks { the unnamed ones } for being roosters , no such luck. well at 22 weeks the pullets started laying 4 lay every day and at 24 weeks all 5 are laying. So now I have a larger coop and everyone is happy . I have diversified my little flock . The question in my mind is was this just my beginners luck or if I fall victim to chicken math again and want to be entertained again is there a chance this will happen again.