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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 04:52:00 AM
I ordered my chicks yesterday!! They will be here April 8!
I ordered 25- I only was going to start with half that but husband says we may as well have 25, lol! 
I ordered 5 Golden Wyandotte's, 5 Cornish Rock, 5 white Plymouth Rock, 5 Buff Orpingtons, and 5 New Hampshire Reds. The Cornish Rock will be for meat, and probably the Plymouth Rocks will be too unless we get more Cornish Rock this spring.
H and ds and his friend will be building a coop this weekend. We are going to plan on letting them free range. Our landlord and next door neighbor used to live in this house, and he grew up taking care of chickens, so he says he will enjoy them being here..... and for the privilege of letting me have them, he and his wife will be getting eggs every week!
They are all pullets except the cornish rocks, which are straight runs, I figure if there's roosters in there it won't matter, since they  won't be around for long....
Just how old are roosters when they start crowing anyways?!!
And I will have tons of questions!!!
I've learned a lot just looking back at the posts, but there is so much to learn in a short time!
I'll be back.....
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Mar 12 2010 : 08:00:38 AM
Yeah! That is great! I love my buffs! My roosters started learning to crow around 4 1/2 to 5 months. I am butchering 2 next week! This will be my first time and I am so nervous about it!
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| dawnm |
Posted - Mar 10 2010 : 8:01:43 PM
Brenda,
You go girl. Now you will be hearing the tune Cluck, Cluck here, and Cluck, Cluck there. Kind of corny (: There is a mag on the stand published by Mother Earth -GRIT - a Guide to Backyard Chickens. It has a lot of good and fun info in it.
Looking forward to hearing about your chicken venture/adventure.
Dawn
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| farm~maid |
Posted - Mar 09 2010 : 04:29:44 AM
Brenda, we've had good luck with both pre-ordering from feed/farm stores and purchasing outright at a farm store.
What breed laying hens did you decide to get?
You will enjoy them. Especially, as chicks.
I'm happy for you.
Christine......who's so very excited that our hens have finally started laying after their long winter vacation. |
| Laurie Rae |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 8:13:14 PM
Brenda, You may have already picked up your chicks. I have learned over the years, to be the first person there when the chicks arrive to the store, you will have the oppurtunity to look at everything and choose healthy happy pullets :) I never pick any little chick that is lying down or is isolated from the others. I was once in your shoes and just always used my intution with animals, its proven to be most effective. Pick up a beginers book at the local library and they will give you most every bit of information you should need for starting your flock. You will do great and best of luck. You will do great I know it!
-Laurie
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| Kim L. |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 12:50:18 PM
Brenda,
Congratulations! We have had the best time with our "girls" the past few years -- have fun:) |
| chaddsgirl |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 08:01:15 AM
Oh Brenda! That is so exciting!! My DH just finished my chicken tractor about two weeks ago and I was finally able to get hens this last weekend!! I bought mine at a Poultry Swap and got the business card from the people I purchased them from. I spent 1/2 the weekend just watching them. It was awesome!! AND, even though I hadn't expected to get any eggs for a week or two, we already had our first one on Sunday! Very small, but I did not care. It was brown and laid by my very own hens, so I was happy. :)
A person is a success if they get up in the morning and get to bed at night and in between does what they want to do. Bob Dylan
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 2:12:21 PM
Wahoo! You're getting your chickens!! How great is that?? Good luck...and I'm sure the ladies here can help you with anything you need to know. I know they've helped me so far...and I don't even have mine yet!!
--* FarmMilkMama *--
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Everyone else is already taken.
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| Chives |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 1:35:53 PM
My hen just hatched 5 babies this morning. I just have bantys and wanted to get some chicks that lay larger eggs. I went to the feed store got 6 more babie chicks. Put them under the new mother and she accepted them. Of course she has her hands full. With having Rhode island reds, buff orphingtons, and black astrolops. I hope this is okay? vicki |
| maggie14 |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 1:26:51 PM
I am so happy for you Brenda!! Someday I would really like to have chickens too.
Hugs,
Channah
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| LakeOntarioFarmgirl |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 09:22:24 AM
We are working on the coop design right now. There is an existing shed on the property that would be perfect, but we are renting here and I wouldn't want to have to change housing for the chickens when we eventually do move. I am planning on a run and coop big enough for at least 14.
I was wondering about the run though and of course letting them free. We are on a busy country road, but they would be located at least 200 feet away from the road. I would like them to be able to roam free sometimes to partake of all the delicious things in the yard, but am I going to have to worry about them going in the road? If I provide them with gravel will they stay pretty close to their territory, or will they still wander? I guess I am thinking that chickens go near the road because of the gravel?
If it's a problem, I am going to do a portable run, something I can move around the property.
Still looking for different places to get my chicks!
Toby- you must be excited!!!
Brenda
FarmGirl # 711
Nothing we achieve in this world is achieved alone. It is always achieved with others teaching us along the way. Lee J. Colan
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| aunt boby |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 06:46:37 AM
Brenda- I will be getting my chicks on the 24th. I ordered 40 White Rocks. They are meat birds. I was told by the man at Farm and Fleet they get just as big as the Jumbo Cornish, but in a longer period of time. So hopefully they can still get around and not just lay in the dirt looking all gross. This is my first time getting chickens. My mom, who lives down the road, has laying hens, ducks and geese. Mother knows best, so I will probably be bugging her all the time with my questions.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Mar 07 2010 : 05:24:10 AM
I don't know about Country Max. I got my first chickens at a livestock sale and while I was pleased with mine and with the person I bought from ihave heard some horror stories of diseases and stuff from other peoples farms. I started with 4 just for eggs and ghat was perfect for me. A year and a half later I ordered 25 more from Murraymcmurray hatchery. We now have about 30 or so(hatched a few eggs). And I love them. The biggest thing you need to consider is space 14 birds will require a lot of space both for grazing and in their nighttime housing. What kind of set up do you have for that??
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