DahlHouseFarms
In the Brooder
- Aug 9, 2024
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1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We got 8 chicks in July 2023 from tractor supply. All alive and well one year later with gorgeous backyard coop and lots of love. Getting 7 eggs a day regularly. They were sold to us as bantams from TSC.
We now believe they are Welsummers. Huge and happy. Definitely not bantams.
No vets involved. Literally no problems.
Decided to expand our flock.
Added 12 chicks in July of 2024
And they are now 5 weeks old.
Separated in their own coop within the coop. They have been growing and happy.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
19.
7 left from 2023.
12 1 month olds.
We lost one of the year old welsummers last week. She might have been the non layer. No idea why. No bullies. No pornlems. Just dead outside the coop but in the run with all the girls looking over her.
(3) What breeds do you have?
7 year old welsummers.
12 month old chicks -
2 black marans
2 black sex links
1 red sexlink
2 speckled Sussex
5 Olive eggers
4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Playing chicken mom with my kids. The kids love helping. Are for them. The whole hobby farm started for them.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gardening - we just harvested our potatoes.
Sports with my kids
Being a good mom to kids and birds.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
2 big outside dogs
1 small inside dog
19 chickens
21 quail
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Google
Chicken problems - fowl pox bumble foot and now we have a month old chick with respiratory problems
Trying to keep her alive
We got 8 chicks in July 2023 from tractor supply. All alive and well one year later with gorgeous backyard coop and lots of love. Getting 7 eggs a day regularly. They were sold to us as bantams from TSC.
We now believe they are Welsummers. Huge and happy. Definitely not bantams.
No vets involved. Literally no problems.
Decided to expand our flock.
Added 12 chicks in July of 2024
And they are now 5 weeks old.
Separated in their own coop within the coop. They have been growing and happy.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
19.
7 left from 2023.
12 1 month olds.
We lost one of the year old welsummers last week. She might have been the non layer. No idea why. No bullies. No pornlems. Just dead outside the coop but in the run with all the girls looking over her.
(3) What breeds do you have?
7 year old welsummers.
12 month old chicks -
2 black marans
2 black sex links
1 red sexlink
2 speckled Sussex
5 Olive eggers
4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Playing chicken mom with my kids. The kids love helping. Are for them. The whole hobby farm started for them.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gardening - we just harvested our potatoes.
Sports with my kids
Being a good mom to kids and birds.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
2 big outside dogs
1 small inside dog
19 chickens
21 quail
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Chicken problems - fowl pox bumble foot and now we have a month old chick with respiratory problems
Trying to keep her alive
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
