Last November, my husband found an abandoned, newly hatched chick in our backyard. We had had chickens before, but not for awhile. I was so excited about the new little one! BUT of course we didn't want the new chick to be lonely! We needed more chicks! In November 
Finally found a local boy raising some he had hatched from eggs. We bought 4 more chicks: 2 ISA browns and 2 Barred Rocks. Both the barred and the original foundling turned out to be roosters. We re-homed them, leaving us with two lovely pullets. BUT with only 2, what would happen if one got sick, or injured, or died?! The other would be lonely. Not on our watch! So this spring we got 4 more female chicks: 1 Speckled Sussex and 3 standard Cochins (1 buff, 1 white, and 1 barred). Now we have a happy flock of six....until chicken math strikes our family again!!!!
Finally found a local boy raising some he had hatched from eggs. We bought 4 more chicks: 2 ISA browns and 2 Barred Rocks. Both the barred and the original foundling turned out to be roosters. We re-homed them, leaving us with two lovely pullets. BUT with only 2, what would happen if one got sick, or injured, or died?! The other would be lonely. Not on our watch! So this spring we got 4 more female chicks: 1 Speckled Sussex and 3 standard Cochins (1 buff, 1 white, and 1 barred). Now we have a happy flock of six....until chicken math strikes our family again!!!!
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