Yea, I'm pretty chicken crazy, I guess
The goal started out to have several chickens for just brown egg layers, but a roo or two with them so that I would have chickens that would propagate my flock without my having to buy more for eating eggs.
Then I wanted several of the fancy breeds to have for breeding purposes so I could meet the local 4-H needs. With the exception of the cornish x's. It's just expanded from there. Originally I had no interest in Cuckoo Marans, but then Keljonma offered me Monroe and Elizabeth, and I just fell in love! I am getting a day old pullet this month so that I'll have a trio of Marans.
Then keljonma added Quincy, Polk, and Louisa to the mix, and I was just thrilled! Cochins were one chicken that I again had no interest in getting, until I had seen my mom's! Then I just had to have them. Thanks to keljonma, I do!
Really I had no interest in Welsummers, until I saw them on the cover of Meyers catalog this year. I've been obsessesed with them, and now I have 3!! (ahem not counting the 3 day olds on order, lol, and the Wellie eggs going in the 'bator...)
We are adding NHR's this year because my daughter has asked to have them for her small flock. She had 5 Buff Brahma Bantams, but 4 of those were roos, so I let her keep the 2 best roos and 1 hen, and we sold the rest. She also has 1 Sizzle that is her pet, named Chirpy. She wants to have some standards of her own, and she chose the NHR, but I decided to get a few extra hens to put with my brown egg layers.
The Quail Antwerps, which I've just gone gaga over actually belong to my DS1. They are his, and he is hoping to hatch some chicks from them to increase his pair to a small flock of 5 or 6.
We are also adding RIR's this year because DH wants them. He also wanted the Silver Duckwing Bantams, so we have those, too.
The other breeds I am adding this year are Salmon Faverolles and Porcelain d'Uccles. Then I am done. I hope.
OK so I am not the only one contributing to the chicken addiction. I live with a huge enabler! How in the world am I to stop?!
In other excitment, I have my first broody!! Last fall I had borrowed my mother's broody, but this time, it's my own hen!! My little blue silkie hen Emmy, has gone broody, and this morning I discovered her a settin' on one lonely little egg! So I shoved 3 Porcelain d'Uccles under her and 2 Dutch bantam eggs (ooops that's another breed!) under her! I took her egg, but I think I'm going to give it back, so she'll have 6 little eggs under her, and I hope they hatch!!
So project for today will be working on broody pen and hopefully raised bed for my carrots!
I did snag some pics of the chickerdoodles. Here's the Welsummers:
I was thinking of naming my Welsummer roo Kellogg, but it's not that original, but the way he was crowing this morning, and his comb and wattles really made me think of the Kellogg Roo...so I dunno...I'm still thinking on it. No idea on his two ladies yet.
Here's Louisa strolling around the yard.
Quincy, who wasn't so sure he wanted his picture taken LOL
And Monroe, who's comb looks much better, but still a little pale after his bout of frost bite. I so hope he gets that bright red back soon!
I got my Welsummers today!! A big gorgeous trio, 9 months old! One hen is already laying, the other one is not. The roo is big and gorgeous! He was already trying to get friendly with his "girls" when I put them in their small quarantine pen. 
