Thank you everybody for your advice! My chicks arrive tomorrow (ordered through My Pet Chicken). I ended up ordering the following 8 chicks:
1. Easter Egger
2. Olive Egger
3. Lavender Ameraucana
4. French Black Copper Maran
5. Buff Orpington
6. Australorp
7. Leghorn
8. Welsummer
I’m loving this list! So far I have decided (based on all the great advice on this forum) on the following:
Black Copper Maran
Olive Egger
Plymouth Rock
Leghorn
Lavender Ameraucana
Then tentatively still deciding between:
Welsummer
Wyandotte
Australorp
Buff Orpington (mostly for the buff...
Hi everyone!
I’m currently building a coop (4x8) with attached run (8x16) and will be placing an order for springtime chicks in 2024!
I am thinking (but convince me otherwise if you’d do it differently) that I will start with 6-8 baby chicks. I would like a colorful egg basket, and high...