Rural Gardening: got my new babies today, 1 by Loon

Loon wrote:
I'm glad I found this forum. I'm new to chicken raising. We got 22 chicks in the mail on April 22. I ordered ten golden comets and ten rhode island reds. I got a free fancy chicken that is white. I don't know what he is. They threw in one extra golden comet so that makes 22 all together.

I've found my golden comets to be very calm and quiet. We have them separated into two boxes now because they're getting so big. They are starting to try to fly. We had to put wire over the top of their totes. We moved them out of the bunkhouse and into the barn. They're still under the heat lamp. We've been working on fencing in the outdoor leanto area behind the barn so they'll have an exercise pen when they're ready. I have a coop inside the barn too. I've decided to only keep about ten or twelve and am selling the spares to the neighbor down the road. We were lucky that none of ours died. I thought some would.

I'm going to post a picture of my golden comets. It's nice to "meet" all of you and learn more about this hobby.

Brenda