Help please.
First time chicken mama here. I ordered pullets from Hoover's Hatchery in December.
I ordered
5 Hatchery Choice *Rare Breeds
5 Prairie BlueBell eggers.
5 English Orps varity pack
(The list below shows what can come from the rare hatchery choice).
15 was a lot for first time mom but I was willing.. but they sent 5 cockrels instead of pullets for my English orps
.
So they said theyd send more but could only send in group of 10.
So now I have fourteen (one died the day it arrived) 13 week old chickens:
5 Chocolate Orps Cockrells
4 or 5 Prarie Bluebell eggers (idk what those are the Hatchery recomended them) and
4 or 5 Hatchery Choice Rare
And ten 5 week old pullets (lavander orps and varity english orps).
This new mama has TWENTY FOUR chickens
.
I am finding homes for at least 4 of the 5 roos but need to know what my other pulltes are before I decide which of the nine original group I am going to keep.
☆ The pics with the 7 & 9 circled are from 2 weeks ago (couldnt get good pics of them today).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I dont want to have so many that it burns me out too fast but I'm getting pretty attached - hubby is too.
*Hatchery Choice Rare will be any assortment of rare breeds based on availability from any bird that has a "Rare Breed" banner. The assortment will not include bantams. Breeds that could be included in this assortment: Partridge Plymouth Rock, Midnight Majesty Marans™, Sapphire Olive Egger™, Speckled Sussex, Blue Andalusian, Silver Lakenvelder, Cuckoo Marans, French Black Copper Marans, French Cuckoo Marans, French Wheaten Marans, Welsummer, Barnevelder, Prairie Bluebell Egger™, Starlight Green Egger™, Olive Egger, Salmon Faverolles, Cochins, Turkens, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Columbian Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Buff Brahma, Dark Brahma, Lavender Orpington.
First time chicken mama here. I ordered pullets from Hoover's Hatchery in December.
I ordered
5 Hatchery Choice *Rare Breeds
5 Prairie BlueBell eggers.
5 English Orps varity pack
(The list below shows what can come from the rare hatchery choice).
15 was a lot for first time mom but I was willing.. but they sent 5 cockrels instead of pullets for my English orps

So they said theyd send more but could only send in group of 10.
So now I have fourteen (one died the day it arrived) 13 week old chickens:
5 Chocolate Orps Cockrells
4 or 5 Prarie Bluebell eggers (idk what those are the Hatchery recomended them) and
4 or 5 Hatchery Choice Rare
And ten 5 week old pullets (lavander orps and varity english orps).
This new mama has TWENTY FOUR chickens

I am finding homes for at least 4 of the 5 roos but need to know what my other pulltes are before I decide which of the nine original group I am going to keep.
☆ The pics with the 7 & 9 circled are from 2 weeks ago (couldnt get good pics of them today).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I dont want to have so many that it burns me out too fast but I'm getting pretty attached - hubby is too.
*Hatchery Choice Rare will be any assortment of rare breeds based on availability from any bird that has a "Rare Breed" banner. The assortment will not include bantams. Breeds that could be included in this assortment: Partridge Plymouth Rock, Midnight Majesty Marans™, Sapphire Olive Egger™, Speckled Sussex, Blue Andalusian, Silver Lakenvelder, Cuckoo Marans, French Black Copper Marans, French Cuckoo Marans, French Wheaten Marans, Welsummer, Barnevelder, Prairie Bluebell Egger™, Starlight Green Egger™, Olive Egger, Salmon Faverolles, Cochins, Turkens, Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, Columbian Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Buff Brahma, Dark Brahma, Lavender Orpington.
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