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RE: Our Chickens - Plans for Building a New, Bigger Coop!
Right on! We’re finally getting the tree that I’m scared of taken down tomorrow. That’ll free up space for a shed, and our new chicken yard and quail house! Hopefully it’ll all be finished in the next couple of weeks. I want to hit the ground running when spring gets here!
I’m excited to see your projects and new birds!
Your new girls that just started laying, did you hatch them?
We did! We hatched them in May and June, two different batches. We ended up with three girls and two boys from each batch, though we incubated nine eggs each time.
Our chickens are basically mutts. I have no idea what breed our rooster at the time, Foghorn, was nor do I know what breed Lloyd is. Our older girls that are the mothers to the new ones are four Easter Eggers and one Golden Rocket. Oh! One of the Easter Eggers is called a Lavender Ameraucana. Her name is Sugar Cube.
Awesome. Did you have a broody hen, or did you use an incubator?
We have a little incubator that holds 9 chicken eggs or 12-15 quail eggs.