My frizzles are a product of backyard breeding gone wild, lol!  I only wanted a few laying hens several years ago, just to get fresh eggs.  I went to Tractor Supply and they had a minimun of 6 chicks.  Then my daughter went to a different Tractor Supply and bought 6 more tiny cute chicks from the bantam tub.  There ended up being 2 silkies (that I gave away) and 2 frizzle hens in that bunch.  So the frizzles I have now are mixed with other breeds, these are 4th generation mixed chickens. I keep giving away chickens, I got up to 70 at one time, now I have about 25.  LOL! 

They are so cute! I love baby chicks. That's probably how I ended up with 200 lol! Whoops! 

That familiar sweet sound of baby chicks in my back living room is here again! Since I technically ordered these last year, that doesn't count as this year's chickens right??

If I'm ever reincarnated as a chicken, I hope I get to go to your house.   

I got chickens last year as a covid stress buy. I was terrified of chickens but thought it would be a good idea to get some lol. I built a huge chicken mansion for them to live and I free range during the days when I'm home and don't have to worry about chasing them in before I go to work at night. They eat everything! I trade eggs for veggies and leftover bread and stuff. I use the flock plenty app to keep track of expenses and how many eggs. I have 14 hens that since sept when I got the app,have laid 1464 eggs! I also sell some to girls at work but it doesn't quite cover their costs. According to my app, my eggs cost me .83 per dozen. I have 7 isa browns, 3 barred rock, 3 olive eggers, and a Welsummer. My isa browns are egg laying machines! I plan on getting some that lay blue eggs this spring! 

So stinking cute!!!!!

For little varmits that can peck the life out of each other given one little spot of blood. 

I had no idea there was an app! I actually don't think I want to break my expenses down lol! That'll probably be depressing. Although I'm selling out of eggs almost every week it seems. I have a mess of Isa browns but they are still about 3 months from laying.  

Haha! That's what my mom always says 

Oh gosh yes, they are brutal little things.. I always say, God forbid I fall off my horse and get seriously injured out there, my chickens would probably feast on me! They are tiny raptors. I have 1 big hen in particular,  we call her Karen, she's constantly picking at me, like follows me around squawking  and trying to peck my legs when I stand still... you go to pick her up and she runs like her life depends on it.. super annoying bird. 

Well, I lost 1 chick yesterday,  while I was at the vet with my horse, my daughter called she was trying to save it... sometimes things just happen... shipping is hard on them, and they are quite fragile that young. So hopefully the rest will be ok.. so far so good. 

In the spring when I go into the post office I hear the chicks in the back room.  I had no idea they were actually shipped to the post office then picked up by Atwoods or whoever.  I had to ask what for sure this was because I thought it was birds in the building.  The gal who told me about the chicks said once because they didn't know any better they left them in the cold and they all died.   

We have had chickens for about 15 years now...love having them around.  I too  sell my excess eggs and roosters who can't get with the program.  I don't eat mine but will sell them for the soup pot when they get 3-4 years old.  I have a few that will stay until they die but usually get a few chicks each year to raise for eggs.

Sir Hop A Long below  Black Copper Marans roo. below.

Ahhhh yes... there is a risk when shipping but most of the time it works pretty good... I only had 1 time where they were delayed a day.  But most I get within 24/48 hours after hatch and ship... chicks can live off the yolks they absorb for 3 days without food or water after they hatch.  its usually the heat or freezing Temps that kill them when shipping. I try to plan accordingly to the weather. Funny thing, there was this post a while back on a chicken page (yes, it's similar to this one, but for chickens) and this person was arguing that we all shouldn't buy chicks that are mailed in by the post office, that it was cruel to ship chicks... and we needed to be like her, she bought all her chicks at the feed stores or tractor supply.... lol!!! Oh boy... people are nuts in the chicken world.... and the pure breed chicken people that show birds... my goodness.. you think there are breed snobs in the horse world???!!! These chicken people are probably some of the worst!! One lady told me all my chickens were junk....utility quality birds .... I had to look that up to figure out she was insulting me lol!!! 

Love Marans! Love those deep dark colored eggs 

I love them too...fairly laid back birds.  I just wish they were better layers so I could have the whole flock as one breed.  I have several people at work that buy every egg I can produce for eating.  Here is most of my girls...all the black ones are Marans the rest are your regular brown egg layers.

Much to my surprise when I walked into my feedstore and saw that they had the Renew Gold poultry feed in the store! However,  the $50 price tag on a 30lb sack, took the wind out of my sails quickly... way out of my price range unfortunately.  Boo! 

Wowz, Thank you but no thank you, to rich for my blood.

Yep mine too. I don't know who they think will be able to afford that. I can buy a 50lb bag of The H & H Old fashioned layer that's non GMO, corn and soy free for $32 ... if only they worked out that pesky weevil issue I had with them last year. It was a great feed and my chickens loved it. I'm looking for a soy free feed for my personal chickens eggs... 

There is no inexpensive way to make the highest quality product in the market. Since I can't tell a store what to sell our products for, You may want to try another store. One point to remember though, no other supplements required. Just water and a chicken. If you want the highest quality egg, from the healthiest bird, this is your product. For people who know the length we go to for the highest level of ingredient quality this is your feed. Most organic formulas are made from waste junk ingredients and not nutritionally complete. If you have a lot of birds that you sell eggs to the public from, this may not be your feed. If you provide eggs for your own use, there is a real difference here that is simply not available anywhere else. 
Win

Win, did you say that TSC won't be able to carry this chicken feed? I know this particular feed store use to charge an astronomical amount for RG and the SR. until tsc started carrying both. Then the price became the same as it is at TSC. Why is it that some places cannot carry certain products of a line and others can, even if they both offer that particular brand? I never understood that .. unless it's some big industry secret.. I was really looking forward to trying this RG poultry as I have an issue with Soy and can't always enjoy our eggs without suffering the consequences. But I just can't justify that price tag .. I'm sure it's a wonderful feed. I do not have another feed store close by that has RG, just this one and then TSC. I see that Nutrena offers a soy free version of their Naturewise line but reading the reviews, people weren't happy with the fishy taste ... (yuck) there are plenty of non gmo, or organic feeds available but pretty much all of them still contain soy.  I found another one without soy but they replaced that with peanut meal and I'm deathly allergic to peanuts so that's a no go on that one. Processed plant protein products... is that another word for soybean?