ValkyrieChickens
In the Brooder
- Jun 12, 2020
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Hello Everyone. It's great to find a sight that is focused on the actual chicken and that raising of them. This is the second time we have had chickens & we are still as in love with it as we once were.
I am a Retired Veteran, stay-at-home-mom & very happy wife (as long as he brings me tacos. LOL). We were nomadic until "The Chicken Experience".
We had 3 full grown Rhode Island Reds in 2015. A neighbor loaned them to me to get the experience of chicken keeping while she was in a transitioning process. We fell completely in love! We did have to give them back, but I have to admit, I had to pay 'chicken support' for a while once we gave them back to her (to get her into the new swing of things) because we had completely spoiled them! And then she had to find room to fit the new A-frame coop we made just for them. LOL!
I have to admit that I never thought my teenage girls would take to having chickens in any way, shape or form. Now they bump me out of the way for interaction, pictures, care and note-taking. These are miracle animals.
We keep chickens for the eggs. I have been processing chickens for years, off & on since I was a teenager. I went to an agricultural high school and that was a major part of our education. We prefer to have dual purpose breeds just in case because you never know what #%@* is gonna hit the fan each morning now-a-days.
Currently we have 4 Rhode Island Reds (Pink Ladies) hatched on 5/19 and 7 Southern Ramblers (from Silkie Hybrid mystery breed from Tractor Supply) hatched on 6/4, "Puffs". I have to say that I am in my heaven in discovering their personalities, likes, dislikes and spending as much of the day as possible just watching them interact with one another. It's a beautiful thing.
I am a Retired Veteran, stay-at-home-mom & very happy wife (as long as he brings me tacos. LOL). We were nomadic until "The Chicken Experience".
We had 3 full grown Rhode Island Reds in 2015. A neighbor loaned them to me to get the experience of chicken keeping while she was in a transitioning process. We fell completely in love! We did have to give them back, but I have to admit, I had to pay 'chicken support' for a while once we gave them back to her (to get her into the new swing of things) because we had completely spoiled them! And then she had to find room to fit the new A-frame coop we made just for them. LOL!
I have to admit that I never thought my teenage girls would take to having chickens in any way, shape or form. Now they bump me out of the way for interaction, pictures, care and note-taking. These are miracle animals.
We keep chickens for the eggs. I have been processing chickens for years, off & on since I was a teenager. I went to an agricultural high school and that was a major part of our education. We prefer to have dual purpose breeds just in case because you never know what #%@* is gonna hit the fan each morning now-a-days.
Currently we have 4 Rhode Island Reds (Pink Ladies) hatched on 5/19 and 7 Southern Ramblers (from Silkie Hybrid mystery breed from Tractor Supply) hatched on 6/4, "Puffs". I have to say that I am in my heaven in discovering their personalities, likes, dislikes and spending as much of the day as possible just watching them interact with one another. It's a beautiful thing.
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