What are you adding to your flock this year?

[Farmgirl283420]

I have three little chicks I’m raising right now to add to my six girls two are calico Cochins and ones a frizzle Cochin

 

[BreeShu]

6, Saipans(Ordered)

5, Broad Breasted Bronze Turkeys(Ordered)

5, Silkies(Getting at TSC)

4, Buff Brahmas(Getting at TSC)

Hatching from my own birds:

3-4 Malay X Silkie crosses

5-6 Malays

5-6 Black to White Experiment chicks

Maybe 3, Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock X Silkie Crosses.

Malay x Silkie sounds interesting, like a giant fluff on stilts. My four TSC silkies last year ended up being roos. I might try again this year.

 

[BreeShu]

Two new flocks. One of blue Swedish and one of various muscovy

Muscovys seem to be growing more popularity. I Like them but my family can't stand the warty faces.

 

[Hedgeland Farms]

25-30 barred rocks...raising them up currently 1wk old!
A whole new coop
A whole new flock!

Old flock still exisits...now I just have 2

 

[froggyphore]

I have 3 chicks I hatched from my flock's eggs, and six more currently incubating. I also ordered some quail eggs set to arrive around spring or summer. Not much this year because I have a lot going on but I'm hoping to add some more breeds in 2024.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Muscovys seem to be growing more popularity. I Like them but my family can't stand the warty faces.

I've wanted them close to a decade. Finally got it to work out

 

[_meels_ the chicken mom]

Quite the rainbow of feathers you're adding!

Yep!

 

[BreeShu]

I have 3 chicks I hatched from my flock's eggs, and six more currently incubating. I also ordered some quail eggs set to arrive around spring or summer. Not much this year because I have a lot going on but I'm hoping to add some more breeds in 2024.

I just hatched out 11. I guess I'm about to reload the incubator because my mom wants a few from my Marans. I have a feeling I'm going to have more chicks than I intended this spring. Do you use a small incubator for those amounts?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

27 English Orpingtons and I’m doing my spring hatch of Hookbill ducks here next month.

 

[The Birb King]

I already have a pretty good variety but since I am showing chickens now I try to breed specific breeds and my other breeds are just for eggs or enjoyment. This will be my first year hatching true purebreds since my Ameraucanas and Marans started laying a few months ago. I stuffed a bunch of their eggs in my incubator as well as some Serama eggs I ordered. 6 days left until hatching!