Welcome

Welcome to my new blog.   I will be talking about all different kinds of things.  Right now I'm interested in chickens.  My family and I are getting new chicks in April.   We ordered them from Meyer Hatchery.  Here is a cool video of what they do at Meyer Hatchery.  

We ordered 3 Barred Rocks, 3 Rhode Island Reds, 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes and 3 Easter Eggers.

My favorite is the Rhode Island Red.    The name sounds nice, they are friendly, they produce lots of brown eggs and they are cute.  

The names of my Rhode Island Reds are going to be Hope, Winter and Willow.   My moms Silver Laced Wyandottes are going to be named Henny, Penny and Peck.  My dad isn't going to name his.  

We have to get the shed ready for them to come.  We have a little while before they will be big enough to go outside.  Baby chicks need a heat lamp, chick starter and lots of fresh water.  

When the chicks are older and ready to lay eggs, I will be selling the extra eggs we get.  Keep checking back for updates on the eggs. 

Chickens are 18 weeks old when they start to lay eggs.  

Supplies you need for chickens are:  fencing, netting to go over the top of the cage so hawks don't get them, feed and water, things to hold the feed and water.  

We are going to keep our chickens fenced in because we have a dog who might want to play with them.  Also we want them to get used to laying in their egg boxes to lay eggs.  We also have racoons that would eat the chickens and eggs if we let them roam around.