momsfolly was this mom agreeing to chickens....a great choice by the way. My son's second grade hatched eggs and I mentioned that when I was a kid I hatched out ducks. My son asked if we could hatch out eggs and I said yes. After some research, I decided I didn't have the connections to find homes for roosters or extras so I offered to buy chicks instead. We decided what sorts to get and how many and bought 4. A year and a little bit later we have 3 of the original chicks (one died), a RSL bought at point-of-lay, and 8 of the 9 chickies we hatched out in January and the SLW pullet that I had to have.....mom's folly indeed. So I have thirteen chickens...4 hens, 4 pullets, one BO cockeral (my current favorite) and 4 silkies of unknown gender. The RIR cockeral was recently rehomed to a petting zoo.
I should probably change my name to mom'shobby
karen