CLUCKING CHICKENS
Chirping
It has only been about 7 or 8 months that I have engaged in this new hobby of chicken keeping and I have learned so much. Made lots of mistakes along the way and had to adjust.
This platform actually made me aware to things that I was completely oblivious towards.
I have several threads I started but those were mostly all random as I navigated this new area of interest.
I am starting this thread to track my progress and evolution with this hobby so that down the road I can have the option to look back and in chronological order revisit how things went.
This thread will be what I update with new pictures as I make additions and updates to my flock and coops.
I went back to square one…. I re-homed all of the chickens I originally had and put a plan together for what I wanted and how best to make it work. With that plan intact I have restarted the process.
I have my original chicken coop and run ( 10 x 10 ) sitting empty out back while I contemplate improvements. I also have my Eglu Cube chicken coop ( with the 3 x 9 ft run ) with the walk in run extension ( 6 x 9 ) and a few add on accessories from Omlet sitting in boxes waiting to be set up this spring once I prep and level out the intended area.
I have recently purchased a assorted batch of chicks from MyPetChicken and this will be the chosen flock that will take over the current coop set up out back.
The 7 female chicks I purchased from MyPetChicken consist of;
1. Blue Copper Maran
2. Black Copper Maran
3. Blue Favaucana
4. Salmon Faverolle
5. Red laced Blue Wyandotte
6. Lavender Orpington
7. Cream Legbar
I received all the chicks in good health and they are currently 3 weeks old and still in their brooder.
I spent alot of time searching hatcheries online for bantam breeds I wanted for the new coop setup and had to do 2 separate orders from 2 different hatcheries in order to secure all the types of bantams that I wanted. I have an order coming the end of February and the other the beginning of April. I had to order extra bantams for the orders to ship, but I will be keeping 9 pullets and re homing the extras.
I want my chickens to be as much as for pets as for their eggs. I also want their coops to compliment my landscape. That is my goal for this spring and summer as I enter into my second season since buying my house. I want to be able to continue bringing my two hobbies of chicken keeping and landscaping together. So I apologize for the redundancy as I post the original pictures for comparison. Moving forward I will add on this post with updates.
This platform actually made me aware to things that I was completely oblivious towards.
I have several threads I started but those were mostly all random as I navigated this new area of interest.
I am starting this thread to track my progress and evolution with this hobby so that down the road I can have the option to look back and in chronological order revisit how things went.
This thread will be what I update with new pictures as I make additions and updates to my flock and coops.
I went back to square one…. I re-homed all of the chickens I originally had and put a plan together for what I wanted and how best to make it work. With that plan intact I have restarted the process.
I have my original chicken coop and run ( 10 x 10 ) sitting empty out back while I contemplate improvements. I also have my Eglu Cube chicken coop ( with the 3 x 9 ft run ) with the walk in run extension ( 6 x 9 ) and a few add on accessories from Omlet sitting in boxes waiting to be set up this spring once I prep and level out the intended area.
I have recently purchased a assorted batch of chicks from MyPetChicken and this will be the chosen flock that will take over the current coop set up out back.
The 7 female chicks I purchased from MyPetChicken consist of;
1. Blue Copper Maran
2. Black Copper Maran
3. Blue Favaucana
4. Salmon Faverolle
5. Red laced Blue Wyandotte
6. Lavender Orpington
7. Cream Legbar
I received all the chicks in good health and they are currently 3 weeks old and still in their brooder.
I spent alot of time searching hatcheries online for bantam breeds I wanted for the new coop setup and had to do 2 separate orders from 2 different hatcheries in order to secure all the types of bantams that I wanted. I have an order coming the end of February and the other the beginning of April. I had to order extra bantams for the orders to ship, but I will be keeping 9 pullets and re homing the extras.
I want my chickens to be as much as for pets as for their eggs. I also want their coops to compliment my landscape. That is my goal for this spring and summer as I enter into my second season since buying my house. I want to be able to continue bringing my two hobbies of chicken keeping and landscaping together. So I apologize for the redundancy as I post the original pictures for comparison. Moving forward I will add on this post with updates.