Hello from New England

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RachelLee78

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Oct 15, 2024
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Hello everyone!

My husband and I have a hobby farm we started last year after we bought our homestead property. We have chickens, Pekin ducks, Sebastapool and Toulose Geese, Pearl and Pied guinea fowl, 2 cats, and a partridge in a pear tree 😅

Our older hens just started laying (yay no more free loaders!). We have 2 Rhode Island Red roos who protect our girls, 1 black copper marran, 2 barred rock, 3 cream legbars, 1 Ayam cemani, 1 silver laced Wyandotte, 2 olive Eggers, and 1 welsummer. Hoping to find some local small farms in our area this spring to add some more to our flock
 
It sounds like you are going to have a beautiful egg basket! Have you gotten to taste-test all the different eggs yet to see which is your favorite? Or are only your chickens laying?

I am not trying to be a whatever whatever, but if you get chicks or chickens from another farm, I would just be sure to quarantine them so you keep the rest of your flock safe. Maybe you can purchase hatching eggs from the farm. Purchasing from a hatchery (or day old chicks from a feed store) is a safe option, as well.

I'm excited to see how your flock and homestead grows, so please keep us updated! Welcome to BackYard Chickens!
 
Jener8or said:
It sounds like you are going to have a beautiful egg basket! Have you gotten to taste-test all the different eggs yet to see which is your favorite? Or are only your chickens laying?

I am not trying to be a whatever whatever, but if you get chicks or chickens from another farm, I would just be sure to quarantine them so you keep the rest of your flock safe. Maybe you can purchase hatching eggs from the farm. Purchasing from a hatchery (or day old chicks from a feed store) is a safe option, as well.

I'm excited to see how your flock and homestead grows, so please keep us updated! Welcome to BackYard Chickens!
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Thank you! Yes, I've had chickens before so know all about quarantine but thank you 😊

Our duck started laying a few weeks ago. My husband can't wait for the geese to start laying. I'm more a chicken egg kind of girl
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow

Its always fun when they start laying, we can feel like we did something right. 😁 Nice variety of poultry you keep, makes for a fun bird yard!

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!
 

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