16 and me
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I am a new chicken mama after inheriting 13 hens and 2 roos early this summer. I have a mixed flock, all heritage breeds I was told, but I haven't yet figured out what breeds they all are! I have:
I have much to learn, but these birds have weapped me around their little claws. Especially Annie, who stuck it out for 3 weeks in a little 1'×1' box for 3 weeks in the hottest summer on record just so she could give me 5 cockerels and a pullet!
Throughout the learning curve, every time I had a question, I'd google and the question would inevitably have been asked on BYC, so I have already been blessed. To leverage the wealth of knowledge from this community! Thank you!
- Silver laced Wyandotte
- Wellsummer
- Russian Orloff
- Buff Orpington
- 2 speckled sussex
- 2 Easter eggers
- Olive egger - is that a thing? She seems to be an EE cross
- Americauna Roo
- Polish Roo
I have much to learn, but these birds have weapped me around their little claws. Especially Annie, who stuck it out for 3 weeks in a little 1'×1' box for 3 weeks in the hottest summer on record just so she could give me 5 cockerels and a pullet!
Throughout the learning curve, every time I had a question, I'd google and the question would inevitably have been asked on BYC, so I have already been blessed. To leverage the wealth of knowledge from this community! Thank you!
here are a few of my darlings!
1st pic is Rachel, not sure what she is, but lays brown eggs. 2nd is Grace, my new EE chick,
Love the pictures!
