Tomorrow, with chickens

[goingferal]

Mail order chicks expected tomorrow. Excitement is reaching a fever pitch. Kiva is banned from the vicinity. I think I'm going to get some electric fencing to put around the chicken pen when I move them outside at about 5 weeks old.

Comments

[babael]

Awesome, I want to be able to keep chickens. What breed are they?

[goingferal]

Actually, I don't know... I ordered an "assorted" lot of 25 hens, "brown egg layers."

The last time I ordered, I picked the breeds very carefully--but they all died to a fox in the first week I had them outside. :(

This time, I decided to go a bit more general. I ordered them from MyPetChicken.com. They say

Order five or more and you'll get at least three large fowl breeds from the following list:

* Rhode Island Red
* New Hampshire Red
* Red Star
* Speckled Sussex
* Dark Cornish
* Light Brahma
* Australorp
* Buff Orpington
* Naked Neck
* Salmon Faverolles
* Dominique
* Barred Plymouth Rock
* White Plymouth Rock
* Partridge Rock
* Delaware
* Golden Laced Wyandotte
* Silver Laced Wyandotte
* Columbian Wyandotte
* Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
* Black Jersey Giant
* Buckeye
* Chantecler
* Barnevelder
* Blue Cochin
* Black Cochin
* Splash Cochin
* White Cochin
* Partridge Cochin

[babael]

Sounds cool, I'm a sucker for Cochins.

[yesididit]

i think raising my own chickens would be neat, but fear it'd be a constant struggle to keep the chickens safe from my dogs. it'd only take one teeny mistake or mishap...

[sepunka]

I would love to raise chickens, but man I don't think I'm responsible enough for it.