MOchickmama
Chirping
- May 7, 2022
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Hello,
I'm a new chicken mama. I had chickens growing up but they weren't "mine". I've wanted chickens and promised myself if I ever got a place with acreage of my own i would get them. Last year we bought a house with 7 acres and we are in love with it.
In late April I started my collection of chicks with 3 beautiful white bantam babies and 3 amazing barred rocks from TSC.
I wanted to start out with BR and RIRs but they didn't have any RIRs. I ordered some from a local hatchery but when I went to pick up my brooder from TSC they had chicks so I came home 6 babies. So I cancelled my order (my order was only 1 day old).
I wasnt going to get the bantams but there were only 3 left at TSC and they only sell them in 4 chicks so I couldn't leave them behind. They are straight run and I don't know what kind they are, maybe OE? I tried my best to pick out BR that were not boys but the guy was getting inpatient with "my no, not that one" 10 times in a row so I just said the smallest dots on their head and got an all black one. I asked if the all black was a black sexlinks and he said no, they only got BRs in that were black. Although I suspect I'm right. They are over 3 weeks old now and out of 3 "BRs" only 2 have any bars or white on them.
Later I called back a week later to TSC and they had RIR so I had to get them. This time my youngest came with me and helped me pick out our new chicks. I picked out 2 "female" RIRs from the straight run, 2 California Tan pullets, 2 Smokey Pearl pullets, and my son had to have a tricolor bantam, straight run. So we now have a baker's dozen.
I still don't know if I have hens or roos but I'm pretty sure one of my BRs is a roo we call him Guy. Hudson is the little tricolored bantam, named after his favorite cousin, (I figured it would work for a roo or a hen, and Blaze one of my California Tans, the rest we're waiting to name until I know if they are roos or hens.
We have had so much fun with them! I joined Backyard chickens because I have been googling everything since I first thought of getting chickens.
It has been an adventure so far. Here are some pics of things so far. I got the brooder from TSC and it was too big so I had to convert my deep tubs to a double wide. Then we put our dogs unused collapsed kennel on top so they wouldn’t get out. Its been quite handy I can open it from either side and I have tied it down with bungee cords.
Maybe you can help me figure out if I have roos or hens? Looking forward being a part of the community!
p.s. Guy flew up on the top of the brooder last night when we opened the top. So I had to include his picture.
I'm a new chicken mama. I had chickens growing up but they weren't "mine". I've wanted chickens and promised myself if I ever got a place with acreage of my own i would get them. Last year we bought a house with 7 acres and we are in love with it.
In late April I started my collection of chicks with 3 beautiful white bantam babies and 3 amazing barred rocks from TSC.
I wanted to start out with BR and RIRs but they didn't have any RIRs. I ordered some from a local hatchery but when I went to pick up my brooder from TSC they had chicks so I came home 6 babies. So I cancelled my order (my order was only 1 day old).
I wasnt going to get the bantams but there were only 3 left at TSC and they only sell them in 4 chicks so I couldn't leave them behind. They are straight run and I don't know what kind they are, maybe OE? I tried my best to pick out BR that were not boys but the guy was getting inpatient with "my no, not that one" 10 times in a row so I just said the smallest dots on their head and got an all black one. I asked if the all black was a black sexlinks and he said no, they only got BRs in that were black. Although I suspect I'm right. They are over 3 weeks old now and out of 3 "BRs" only 2 have any bars or white on them.
Later I called back a week later to TSC and they had RIR so I had to get them. This time my youngest came with me and helped me pick out our new chicks. I picked out 2 "female" RIRs from the straight run, 2 California Tan pullets, 2 Smokey Pearl pullets, and my son had to have a tricolor bantam, straight run. So we now have a baker's dozen.
I still don't know if I have hens or roos but I'm pretty sure one of my BRs is a roo we call him Guy. Hudson is the little tricolored bantam, named after his favorite cousin, (I figured it would work for a roo or a hen, and Blaze one of my California Tans, the rest we're waiting to name until I know if they are roos or hens.
We have had so much fun with them! I joined Backyard chickens because I have been googling everything since I first thought of getting chickens.
It has been an adventure so far. Here are some pics of things so far. I got the brooder from TSC and it was too big so I had to convert my deep tubs to a double wide. Then we put our dogs unused collapsed kennel on top so they wouldn’t get out. Its been quite handy I can open it from either side and I have tied it down with bungee cords.
Maybe you can help me figure out if I have roos or hens? Looking forward being a part of the community!
p.s. Guy flew up on the top of the brooder last night when we opened the top. So I had to include his picture.
Glad you joined.
so much for hens. I hadn't seen them do that yet. Can I have 2 PBR roos and be ok?
