Since most online poultry retailers have a minimum order size, and a waiting list this time of year, we were going to be somewhat limited as to what chicken varieties were locally available. As such, rather than selecting the 1 BEST breed, we made a list which ones were acceptable, and which ones we didn't want.
After visiting a few places, we came to the conclusion that our best chance to get our hands on some chicks was for my wife to be at Ranch and Home Wednesday morning, and so she was. And so, we got our hands on some chicks...
If you can count, you will notice there are 5 chicks there...2 Golden Sex-Link Hybrids, and 3 Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Variety is fine...and I totally approve of these two breeds that my wife got. The only problem is, our tractor/coop can't handle 5 birds. Three easy, and 4 is probable, but will bear watching...but 5 ain't gonna happen. So why did my wife get 5? Well...we had talked getting 4 so we had an installed spare in case we lost a chick...but, it appears that when my wife was at Ranch and Home, the young lady working was not 100% sure the chicks had been sexed...so, my wife was concerned if she bought 4, two might be roosters we had to eat for dinner. Her hope was with 5 chicks, at least three ladies would make it into the coop.
Sure. Worst case, we have an extra bird. If some are roosters, we try to find a home outside city limits for them, or we eat them. If all 5 are ladies, we try to find another home for it, or we eat it. From some research, the two Golden's appear to be female(the whole point behind sex-link hybrids is that you can tell the sex based of the coloring of the chick). Either way, they are cute, and fluffy. My wife is already worried that she may never be able to eat chicken again. I told her in that case, I'm never getting her a baby pig, cow or deer.
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