This past weekend we "depopulated" our flock. It was sickening and there were many tears shed. I did realize that it was the responsible (definitely not easy) thing to do to prevent the spread of the disease to other chicken owners in my area. I tried to be responsible and put them down my self, and I was successful with some of the younger ones. The hardest were my Orloffs. Luckily my brother in law was there to help because my husband couldn't do it either. I found a lady who fed a raw diet to her Greyhounds and she took the cleaned chickens to feed her dogs, so at least they didn't die in vain.
It's so lonely here now with no crowing boys to greet me in the morning and no ladies to check on in the evening. I have layers coming at the end of January. I would like to start over with my Orloffs and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to sell me some eggs? I would like to incubate toward the end of December so they're roughly the same age as the chicks. Thanks so much! I can't wait to have some feathered friends running around again!
It's so lonely here now with no crowing boys to greet me in the morning and no ladies to check on in the evening. I have layers coming at the end of January. I would like to start over with my Orloffs and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to sell me some eggs? I would like to incubate toward the end of December so they're roughly the same age as the chicks. Thanks so much! I can't wait to have some feathered friends running around again!
All of my girls are behind schedule, I just had 2 EE's start laying in the last week or so at about 8 months old. So I can't even hazard a guess about when the Orloffs will start since they're slow to mature anyway. They are about 7 months old now. 
I wish my girls were laying so I could send you some eggs.
