NC - My 1st Chickens

[Jx2inNC]

Well, living in rural NC I figured it was about time...

Since I have yet to load the pictures of the current status of the house & pen, I'll ease into this one with some pictures of the chickens that are currently awaiting their new home:

(These pictures are a week or so old, so they have grown a bit since then.)

(1) Dominique
- judging by his comb currently, he appears to be a future rooster

(2) Americana/Araucana
-hopefully both pullets, but one is quite large already –– I've got my fingers crossed

(1) Rhode Island Red
-got to be a cockerel, if you saw him now...

(1) Blue Silkie bantam
- no idea, it may take a while to figure out

(1) White Cochin bantam
- unsure of gender

(1) "Assorted Bantam"
- I'd put my money on a Black Japanese
- appears to be a cockerel at this point

(2) White Silkie bantams
-unsure on gender –– again, may take a while to figure out

(1) Black Cochin bantam
- unsure of gender

(1) Speckled Sussex
- I'm going to say it is a cockerel, but it'd be nice if it weren't

(1) "Assorted Pullet"
- judging by the name, I'm going to hope it is a female...
- likely a Golden Comet sex-link

Their home for the time being:

Again, these pictures are a little outdated (for fast growing chicks!) so they don't quite depict them as they are now.

Also, is it appropriate to include my house and pen build in this thread as well?

I've/We've browsed around for a while, but glad to finally join!
Thanks,

Jared (& Julie!)

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

Precious!! That's a really great assortment, you're going to have a very unique chicken yard! Where in NC are you?

neighbor!

 

[Jx2inNC]

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I'm outside of Asheboro.
My folks are from Enka-Candler, where I grew up some of the time, so I think I know where you are!
Thanks for the welcome!

 

[chickerdoodle]

From Oregon!

Did you get straight runs? it seems you think there are a lot of little roos. I have two Speckled Sussex and at 1/12 weeks their comb is much smaller than the one in your picture at that age, hmmm...

 

[Jx2inNC]

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Thanks!
The RIR, Assorted Bantam, and Assorted Pullet were gotten from TSC. So I could have made a good guess on what I'd have there...

The others were purchased from individuals in the area who raise a bunch of chickens. The Silkies and Cochins were what they were selling, so no choice there, but the lady seemed genuine in not trying to sell us roosters.
The rest we picked out, with some assistance from the lady with the larger chicken breeding operation, and I think we may find out we did halfway decent there, fingers crossed.

Basically, we bought plenty because I used Murphy's law to determine there would be a decent chance I'd have too many roosters and sell some off/give away.

I'm hoping only 3 or 4 MAX turn out to be roosters, and that might still be too many.

But I'll prepare for "the worst" and deal with it accordingly!

 

[Jx2inNC]

Finally got the pictures loaded...but now even these pictures are already outdated! Haha.
In the Coop Design Section, look for "My 1st Southern Coop" to see more of the pictures and progress. I won't clog up this thread with coop pictures if I can help it!

I've gotten one window on the side framed in so far, and the rest of the flooring nailed in, but haven't taken pictures yet.

Here is the very beginning of the garden, a few weeks ago, just for the heck of it...

 

[b.hromada]

Cute, cute babies!

 

[Jx2inNC]

b.hromada :

Cute, cute babies!

Hey, thanks so much!​

 

[Jx2inNC]

With as warm as it is in my area, I'm thinking if I get the house up within a week and a half or two (which I should) that I may try to test them out there. As it is, they don't spend much time under the brooder light, and when it is on, it isn't directly over them.

 

[Jx2inNC]

Here are some (more recent) pictures of the chickens.