I HEAR IT!

Sometime soon, hopefully by next spring, I intend to build myself a nice and spacey chicken coop and order me some nice dual purpose chicks from a hatchery.

Dual purpose fowl are those that are ideal for egg-laying and roasting. For example, like the Rhode Island Red breed. Those are nice chickens to have in the yard. Aside of being prolific brown-egg layers, they also make a nice roasted chicken for the dinner table.

I will probably order three different breeds of this type of chickens to have around. They will be sent as day old chicks and come real healthy and lively. They are just so full of energy.

There are some nice hatcheries out there, but I like to order my baby chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery. You will always have a good experience with them. They offer a complete catalog of all the breeds and supplies they carry. You can also visit them on their website online.

Before you order yours, make sure that you make all the pre-preparations first, like having a brooder, feeding and water supplies. And of course, a nice safe place where they will be kept until they are moved to their permanent chicken housing or chicken coop.

Baby chicks grow really fast. In about their third week or so, they can actually be moved to their permanent housing providing that they will be safe from any varmints or birds of prey.

Aside from the Rhode Island Reds, I would like to get me some Delawares and Buff Orpingtons. Maybe even a few Partridge Rocks and White Rocks.

These chicken breeds are all layers of large-sized brown eggs. Like the ones Grandma would go fetch and then fry in those early mornings of yesteryears.

Murray McMurray Hatchery also guarantees that your baby chicks will arrive alive and in good health. I’ve had no problems with them in the past so there’s no reason to change now. Of course, there’s also other very dependable Chick Hatcheries out there that are just as good.

Raising your own backyard chickens will not only offer hours of viewing pleasure but will also provide some nice family dinners aside from the tasty fresh eggs.

You should consider ordering baby chicks sometime down the line, provided that you will have the proper space for them once they fully develop.

When I was a young child of about 12 years old, I remember that a cousin of mine would order Christmas card packets from this company, in order to sell them around the neighborhood.

They were the prettiest Christmas cards I’d ever seen. He would have no problem selling them. Then he would order another box of Christmas card packets and sell them as well.

I think he would win prizes and a little cash for selling a certain amount of these Christmas cards.

I was so intrigued with the idea of winning prizes and cash and with the absolute beauty of these Christmas cards, that I got the information from him and ordered my own batch of cards.

I was so delighted when my order arrived! I remember opening the box and seeing all of the Christmas card packets inside. And as I said earlier, these cards were very beautiful. After selling all of those, I reordered the Christmas cards a couple more times.

I can’t recall exactly how much I made… but you had an option to keep a certain number of Christmas card packets for yourself for so many that were sold. And that’s what I did. It was so much fun!

I don’t think that company is any longer in business, or if it was, I can’t remember their name. But one thing for sure though, those Christmas card packets contained the prettiest Christmas cards I’ve ever seen to date.