Do you realize that I went away for a week, and there are more than 100 pages worth of posts since then?
How is a girl supposed to keep up????
We left and went on a house hunting trip and exchanged out suburban city house in a frigid climate (Central/northern Canada) for 7 acres on a coastal island, complete with barn, chicken coop, and trees over 100' tall!!!!!
The chicken coop will need some major renovating (hasn't been used in 20 years), But.... CHICKENS THERE WILL BE!!!! And lots of them!!!
I am already having a problem with my chicken math... I only need about 5-6 eggs/day for our family, but then if we want to eat chickens, then I could get cornish Xs, or I could just get a dual-purpose group.... but how do I calculate that?
And then I saw some beautiful Coronation Sussex that I can get for relatievly cheap and nearby, but how can I buy only 3, or even 5, when I know that they are not sexed as day olds so they may ALL be roos, and then how do I have more that aren't inbred? And then I definitely want a mixed bunch of egg clours, so I want some EE, Americaunam black copper Marans.... And OH! The Brahmas are big and cuddly so they would make good eating - and they are supposed to be broody too....
How many chickens does that make? LOL!!!!
Oh, and have you seen the Colombian Wyandottes? I MUST get some of those!
Hmm....
I think I need to size up the coop to see ho many can fit, and then figure out how much bigger a coop I need to make! Good thing I got what I asked for for the Christmas (for the first time ever). A TOOL POUCH, with many tools!!!!
Now I will get a can of Yellow spray paint and mark all tools that are mine so I can cut a finger off of anyone who runs off with MY tools!!!! Boy do I get frustrated when I can't find my tools because someone hasn't put them away.
Oh, and I just saw some Euskal Oiloa chickens that are beautiful too!!!
