Oops, from Elgin
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:05 pm
I keep meaning to put an introduction, but I’ve been too engrossed reading many of the posts.
We ( husband, 3 horses, 4 dogs, 2 cats and 4 chickens, soon to be more ) live on a small hobby farm north of Kingston. We’ve been here almost 20 years. We kept chickens (meat and layers) geese, and turkeys previously, but now that I’m retired as well, I’m getting us back into them. Hubby came home with a “rescue rooster “ a few weeks ago, and that was the trigger. He’s a Jersey Giant. The bird, not my husband. We picked him up a few hens at auction. 2 jerseys who I think are too old to lay, or else they are on strike, and a buff Orpington who is a sweety and DOES lay. This weekend I’m picking up some Orpington chicks and some Wyandottes.
Keeping poultry is like an addiction where you think you are clean, but when you go back it’s usually with more gusto than where you left off.
Really enjoying the reading material on this site!
We ( husband, 3 horses, 4 dogs, 2 cats and 4 chickens, soon to be more ) live on a small hobby farm north of Kingston. We’ve been here almost 20 years. We kept chickens (meat and layers) geese, and turkeys previously, but now that I’m retired as well, I’m getting us back into them. Hubby came home with a “rescue rooster “ a few weeks ago, and that was the trigger. He’s a Jersey Giant. The bird, not my husband. We picked him up a few hens at auction. 2 jerseys who I think are too old to lay, or else they are on strike, and a buff Orpington who is a sweety and DOES lay. This weekend I’m picking up some Orpington chicks and some Wyandottes.
Keeping poultry is like an addiction where you think you are clean, but when you go back it’s usually with more gusto than where you left off.
Really enjoying the reading material on this site!
... from just down the road..terrific introduction....i may never experience this addiction you speak of as i dont intend to not have chickens and there are more on the way this year.... great people here as you have discovered...enjoy the forum.. 
