First year with hens

[yankeebushman]

This is my first experience with raising chickens. We have a mixed flock of 17 different birds. 9 are adults and 8 are polts. We currently have 3 hens laying! Very excited. We mostly got them for layers but will most likely eat a few of them. Here's a picture of the 3 egg colors we currently get.

[rick2]

I planon doing that next year.How much did you pay for your chickens? I am sure you will be hearing me asking questions:)

[yankeebushman]

$2-$3 each plus shipping. Some breeds were a little more expensive.

[Tim bly]

Nothing better than fresh eggs you pick your self a guy I know feeds his hen corn and dandelion blossoms the yoke s get dark yellow and tast creamy there great

[John Gusmano]

Gotta love fresh eggs! I know I'll never go back to store bought!

[yankeebushman]

I got an olive colored egg today! So now I have 4 hens laying.

[Admin]

Jun 23, 2014 14:06:20 GMT -5 yankeebushman said:

I got an olive colored egg today!

I heard those go good with ham.

[yankeebushman]

Only green ham

[yankeebushman]

We've had a bit of drama with one of our younger hens. She got sour crop. Basically the food got caught in her crop and started to ferment. Not sure why, but it happened. Well my wife brought her to work ( she's a vet tech ) and had her examined. She was put on an anti fungal medicine and seems to be doing better now. Hopefully she pulls through.