Ooh, a thread I can actually post in...
My husband, 3 daughters, and I made the mistake of going to Rural King in Paris, IL last weekend. We had talked about raising chickens again, but hadn't really thought about buying chicks. BUT, they had $.50 chicks and who can't resist a deal like that. Plus they were already 2+ weeks old, so that made me feel a bit safer and we bought 6. But then my oldest daughter, 4, absolutely had to have a little Golden Sebright, so we got two of those. Unfortunately, we lost both of them. After the first little one died, I panicked about my daughter being upset, and ordered 25 barred rock pullets. I was being reasonable I thought, thinking that we might lose a few, and a few might be sexed wrong, you know. But I also considered that I would like for the ones we had to be a bit older and ready to move out to the coop. So we now have 6+25 on the way April 15th-ish. But tonight we decided we better go get some Long John Silvers and stop by Rural King in Terre Haute. Just to make sure they didn't have any 50 centers there. None, but they did have the SLW that I wanted to order, so I grabbed 10 of those and 3 RIR, and 2 Buff Orpingtons. So now I have 22 chicks with 25 more on the way, and a coop big enough for 32 chickens. So now I have to convince my husband to build another coop. Because I think I might want more variety, and maybe raise a few babies of my own one day......oh dear, this is going to get ugly. I was going to take pictures tonight, but I'm afraid they won't turn out well with the flash, so I will hopefully add some tomorrow.
My husband, 3 daughters, and I made the mistake of going to Rural King in Paris, IL last weekend. We had talked about raising chickens again, but hadn't really thought about buying chicks. BUT, they had $.50 chicks and who can't resist a deal like that. Plus they were already 2+ weeks old, so that made me feel a bit safer and we bought 6. But then my oldest daughter, 4, absolutely had to have a little Golden Sebright, so we got two of those. Unfortunately, we lost both of them. After the first little one died, I panicked about my daughter being upset, and ordered 25 barred rock pullets. I was being reasonable I thought, thinking that we might lose a few, and a few might be sexed wrong, you know. But I also considered that I would like for the ones we had to be a bit older and ready to move out to the coop. So we now have 6+25 on the way April 15th-ish. But tonight we decided we better go get some Long John Silvers and stop by Rural King in Terre Haute. Just to make sure they didn't have any 50 centers there. None, but they did have the SLW that I wanted to order, so I grabbed 10 of those and 3 RIR, and 2 Buff Orpingtons. So now I have 22 chicks with 25 more on the way, and a coop big enough for 32 chickens. So now I have to convince my husband to build another coop. Because I think I might want more variety, and maybe raise a few babies of my own one day......oh dear, this is going to get ugly. I was going to take pictures tonight, but I'm afraid they won't turn out well with the flash, so I will hopefully add some tomorrow.
