Baby Chicks, Thoughts on Panic Buying, and Exploring Easter Eggers and Orpingtons

Today we'll talk about how people are panic buying chicks. I'll also teach you about the colorful egg layer, the Easter Egger/Americana, and about the sweet and docile Orpington. We also receive some baby chicks in this video and will go over a quick and easy care tutorial as well!
#BabyChicks #Chicks #Americana #EasterEgger #BlueEgg #GreenEggs #Orpington #PanicBuying

[@dellaangel]

I got 3 chickens in my backyard, love them. But they are messy. And their eggs dont at all cover the cost of care. But they're our pets, we LOVE them.

[@OneGirlFarm]

Upfront cost can be very expensive. But I feel the same way, I really love mine so for me it's totally worth it!

[@DeeDaDee420]

We did the pandemic chicken thing in 2020…bought 8 chicks, built a large coop and run in the backyard and raised them for the next 2 1/2 years. We had dozens of delicious eggs at any given time and the girls became our beloved pets. We rehomed them when we moved out of state. After living for six months with out the fluffy butts and eating nasty grocery store eggs, we decided it was time to start a new flock…this time we got 10 completely different hens then we had before, including four Easter Eggers, and we are super excited🥰🐥

[@libertyoutdooradventures6595]

Love my chickens! Just spent 2k building them the Taj mahal of coops.

[@janetmcnutt4994]

I got chickens for the fertilizer and the bug control. Also they eat table scraps.

[@lararabb8888]

I got a 50 lb pound sack of mixed scratch grains $25. I can't get my hens to eat layer feed. But last time I got it from Atwoods. If I mixed the two it would last 2+ months. So I'd guess $50 for 60+ days. IF you have food waste to toss in the mix it will go even further. This is for 6hens. Compared to price of eggs it comes out OK for me. Plus the relaxing & joy the birds give.

[@Mimi4UEyesNotBlue]

We love our locally purchased chickens. The only illness the've had was Fowl pox, it took hen. The rest are now immune. After initial set up costs of around $800.00 we spend about $60 per month on feed/supplies. I think this is a healthier way to live. The compost is so much better than the fertilizer i used to buy and free. I like interacting with them, growing them, hearing the crows from Roosters. YT has a lot of good video resources to educate a new chicken owner. I love learning about them.

[@pattikm66]

We love our chickens like pets and don't eat them, just their eggs. Those Rhode Island Reds are so aggressive as you said! Our main predators has been hawks and feral cats, now we have 5 livestock guardian dogs, so no more predator pressure ☺️ Hoping that everyone that starts this venture will stick with it, we need to all be as self sufficient as possible now days!

[@redfire7106]

Our local feed store hands out numbers for chick buyers, it keeps the PECKING order that way! lol

[@aina3387]

I don't really eat eggs, but I got a few silkies for fun the other day. They had just come in that day, and half were already purchased when I got there. As an animal person, so far, they have been pretty low maintenance and fun to watch grow. I started with a small breed because I had always wanted silkies and because I can add one or two egg laying birds later on and they will have a flock without having a lot of larger birds. This hobby seems cheap and easy to me after being into aquariums for the last 4 years, lol.

[@saddleridge4364]

Silkies are excellent broody hens. They will even set on another hens eggs.

[@tinab7791]

I've been planning this for a few years. Lots of researching and we're building a big coop for our girls. We'll get them next month. Timing-wise it looks like I'm panic buying but it's really something I've wanted to do for a long time. I've always been attracted to the idea of knowing how to feed myself if I need to.

[@barbarafriedenberger6205]

I have a beautiful flock and their a mixture of chickens..I just got 2 olive eggers chicks and easter egger.. I've been raising chickens for almost 1 decade.. I love them..

[@lararabb8888]

Gave up on layer feed my 6 hens get a old Mc dee cup of mixed scratch grains, 2 handfuls cheap cat or dog food for the protein & free choice oyster shell. They get food scraps & their egg shells back too. They have my whole backyard to freely roam.

[@mjnm5713]

I have six silkies in a brooder and 15 Australorps. I will be getting fifteen red Bourbon turkeys next month. I stick to one type of chicken as I hatch some of my eggs periodically. I love your variety. They all look so healthy and well cared for.

[@doughnutsandcaviar8884]

Very well done! Thank you 😊

[@MosaicHomestead]

Here we have to look for Easter Eggers, most people sell production reds around here, I look at the legs to see if there are a couple with green shaded legs, this way I know it's a good chance I'm getting green eggs, today my production red chicken had a wild chicken/production red mix, can't wait to see how it looks once it grows

[@philliphall5198]

It cost a lot to properly feed chickens but we still enjoy it

[@OneGirlFarm]

I agree! I really enjoy my flock so it's worth it for me :) I'm glad you are happy with yours too!

[@whitetrim1]

Thanks for sharing, I do not own chickens but have been researching.

[@robertpait1916]

Someone finally said it! Thank you, having a hard time finding leghorns cause of the panic.

[@beebop9808]

Got a bunch of pullets getting ready to start laying. Be glad when they get over the change cuz they are fighting all the time, even trying to beat up my rooster. lol Lumber prices have dropped some. I'm working on a new run/coop now. 8x19 run with a 7x8 coop. Costing about 600 bucks in big fat numbers. 3x8 of the coop is going to supplies and feed storage and the rest is for the birds.

[@dennisfly1]

Nice Birds!😄

[@OneGirlFarm]

Thanks!

[@saddleridge4364]

I agree with everything you said. Been a chicken lady for many years. Easter Eggers are one of my top favorites. I'm only adding 4 more to my existing mixed breed flock of 17 this year.( Feed costs.) Our local feed mill has a "Chick Days', where you pre-order from their list and then they place the entire order from all their customers at once and we pick them up when they all arrive. This limits the breeds but can avail you of adding as few or as many as you wish.

[@heathershouse2036]

Great video

[@OneGirlFarm]

Thanks!

[@tinab7791]

The panic shopping though is real. We tried to get our chicks last month and they're just not available. I found a local feed store that takes reservations so I have some reserved now for next month, otherwise I'm not sure I could get there in time to get some.

[@alisonorigel573]

I have 3 Easter eggers in my flock now. 2 lay light blue and 1 lays pink. We just got 4 eater egger chicks. Our stores are selling out within 45 minutes of arrival.

[@carolnoe9037]

I have two Lavender Orpington hens. I love them.

[@OneGirlFarm]

It's an amazing breed!

[@XcessPain]

We have an Easter Egger coming in June with our chick order. We are excited to see what kind of color eggs she ends up laying.

[@shellydayle]

I am enjoying your channel. You have a lot of the breeds that I am looking at (australorpe, speckled sussex, EE, salmon favorelle, barnevelder, welsummer). I would LOVE to see a "Meet my Flock" video. Tell us their names, characteristics & show the eggs that they lay.

[@OneGirlFarm]

Thank you so much! This is actually something that I have on my list of videos I plan to make. I will definitely make one like that at some point :)

[@lightheartoracle889]

I’ve been raising chickens for 3 years I started because I love animals and enjoy taking care of them and spending time in their run with them. I am now trying to expand and get more chickens but am in the same boat everyone sells out before I get off work 😢

[@OneGirlFarm]

Don't give up! I'm sure the panic buying will eventually calm down again and then you'll be able to get more!

[@forced4motorsports]

I started my flock in 2022. I'm working on an on property closed loop food system for the chickens. I'm carnivore/ketovore I guess since I'm okay with some things in my food forest but 90% meat. I'm farming the yard for them more or less. Towards the end of the year I decided to go dual purpose. I had already processed a bully (psychopath actually) and it was the best tasting chicken I had ever had and the fat was actually palatable. Not the case with store bought chicken. Anyway, I've got 3 birds from my original flock for eggs and I'll have 6 new Buff Orpingtons; 4 hens and 2 roos, two different blood lines. I'll breed them for meat and breed the others to replace the egg lines as they age out. I'd like a 3rd Orpington blood line but we'll see how thing go with what I have. Diet: For now they get a diet of floating catfish food, sunflower seeds, and oats, supplemented with food scraps, cover crop mix: clover, daikon radish, collards, some brassicas, vetch, oats, millet and other grasses, weeds, sweet potato greens and a few varieties of cow pea greens. They have two big runs that will be rotated so I can grow in them, a maggot bucket, and I'm setting up a soldier fly colony since they are native here in FL. The goal is to eventually replace all store bought feed. They also never get any processed pellets. I'm going this on less than half of an 80x125 lot. I'm also assembling a food forest on the other half, with stone fruit, banana, feijoa fruit, ever bearing mulberry, moringa, black berries, and more. I'm also growing coffee but that's for me 😏 It's a lot of work for a single woman juggling that and a full time job, but it's worth every minute, and the labor keeps me young at heart.

[@OneGirlFarm]

That's great how self sustainable your flock is!

[@kristenjones5527]

I have 4 easter eggers. I love them and plan for more.

[@OneGirlFarm]

It's a favorite of mine for sure! I plan to always have some!

[@lorikrafft8197]

I liv in Maryland also, Salisbury

[@charlesfoster8814]

Panic Buying Chicks!?!? Guilty! But my panic was adding to my flock, not starting out! In my area, the first chicks became available on February 3rd. They were all gone in 30 minutes. I have three different suppliers that are local companies. One is a lady who's daughter works at a major hatchery! But her chicks sell at a premium! Any way I ended up buying what I could, even if it was the last chick that had! The feed stores were not receiving chicks every week, it was taking two for them to get deliveries. I ended up with chicks that were a month apart in age so I ended up losing chicks. They would get suffocated during the night. I bought two groups of Easter Egger (3 in each group) but only one survived! I had one get sick and die. So my number one tip to new or even veteran chicken owners; be careful about the age difference in your brooder!

[@chocolatesunflower2386]

Hi I’m in MD too looking to start a flock! What store are you at? I see your birds are vaccinated which i like and look so lively!

[@OneGirlFarm]

The Mill has 6 locations in MD and one store in PA, and each location has vaccinated chicks! You should check them out!

[@bettykeith8580]

Not one hatchery has chicks I was wanting to add to my chickens from last year . I’m shocked they are sold out through Oct 2023 I think what’s going to happen is a over load of chickens needing homes come fall or winter even . Not everyone like getting out every day to care for livestock

[@greendeane1]

My ameaucanas layed green eggs.

[@aminaschmiat6476]

What's the green stuff you fed them😊

[@Pinayfarmgirl]

Thank you for sharing. Where did you buy your chicks from?

[@OneGirlFarm]

I bought my own flock from various places (local feed stores, Cackle Hatchery, local breeders, etc.), and the baby chicks shown in this video came from Mt. Healthy Hatchery!

[@Pinayfarmgirl]

@@OneGirlFarm Thank you!

[@pennybolick5935]

So glad to hear that, I ordered mine from Mt Healthy Hatchery this year. My local feed store recommended them to me. They are supposed to be shipped out on May 3rd I oredered a lavender orpinton and a chocolate orpinton along with a variety of other breeds. Love baby chicks.

[@catlinhollow]

I sort of panic bought last week. I have an order for the end of March from Townline hatchery. I live in upstate PA though, and we've already had a case of HPAI in my county. I'm just afraid HPAI will mess up my order arriving, so I bought 6 chicks at TSC "just in case".

[@breesechick]

As a chicken momma better safe than sorry having chickens in hand this day and age. Don't be sad, but if they are dual purpose and you get too many you can process them and have a chicken dinner in about 5 months depending on the breed.

[@catlinhollow]

Oh, these hens are safe from the pot :) I've got a line of people willing to take any extra pullets if need be. Ain't nobody wasting prime egg layers right now LOL

[@oakmaiden2133]

I didn’t have any trouble buying chicks during covid. This spring however, chicks aren’t in the store yet. I looked at 2 hatcheries, they usually start shipping by now. The few breeds i clicked on, won’t be available til mid to late summer.

[@OneGirlFarm]

In my experience, this season has been worse with the chick panic buying than it was in 2020, and it's still in the early stages. It's been wild lol. Good luck finding some chicks!

[@justtom1820]

I'm not convinced that panic buying is the cause. It seems like the hatcheries are just not shipping or hatching?, like before. Start hatching your own birds or look online for someone hatching small batches of bird's

[@catlinhollow]

I know some of the hatchery farms got hit by HPAI, and it takes awhile to recover from that. I'm guessing the numbers of their laying hens are down. Also, the hatcheries probably have large orders to fill for industry farms that are replacing birds after their quarantine periods have ended. Retail buyers are likely low priority right now.

[@robertgaines9286]

Spring shipments are already sold out. They don't have chicks available until mid to late summer. People are panicky animals.

[@thatdamhorserescue]

Now I did recently buy chickens but not from panic, just always wanted to lol HOWEVER I did panic when 3 days after the chick shipment came in, my friend told me there was only 50 chicks left out of 7k chicks 😅 I went ahead and got 12 easter Eggers. Have had them for a week and they're all so healthy and a joy. Got different patterns and colors intentionally because I like variety. Keep looking for videos to see how my black ones verses brown verses yellow verses white verses greyish ones will turn out. I think i may have one rooster but idk yet. Supposedly 10% would be roosters out of the 7k. And I got 12 out of 40 so idk lol one of them is quite cocky and bossy and adventurous

[@MaxRebelliousPirate91]

I'm now hatching out chicks (halfway the incubation) and in my old flock I have Rhode Islands Reds... They are way sweeter than the leghorns In my flock. Leghorns are way more mean 😂 3 of them attack the lowest in rang... The rest of the flock never pick on the others like that

[@dianahande2052]

what is the chicken that have no feather on her neck and head

[@breesechick]

They are called naked necks.

[@wilmabondoc]

Can I buy I'm in the philippines

[@lorikrafft8197]

Where in Maryland do you live? I live in Salisbury

[@reggankoopmeiners2670]

Just wait for when these people get to fight mites!

[@angelanelajuly2961]

Im happy I got chicks. They aren't buddies

[@marlenehenry9478]

Caution! I learned a long time ago not to feed my chickens raw potato peals, their toxic! They go into the compost pile.

[@celestialnavigator63]

70% of the new chicken owners will fail in the first 90 to 120 days. Very few in the end will keep them. Why? $ Expense, Fly's by the ton, and RATS ,MICE, SNAKES!!! and every undesirable predator raccoons, skunk, etc will come after your birds, eggs, and family pets. Coyotes come also and sometimes attack cats, dogs, and small children. The easiest way I can tell who will make it and who will not is by who made the coop and run and everything else made before the chicks show up and those who buy the birds first and think they can play catch up.

[@mbaroneva76]

Interesting, we’ve had a flock of 12-16 birds for 3 years now. We’re another family that started during Covid. Bought our coop with relief check 😂. We already have a rural property so coyotes, snakes, etc were part of the deal beforehand. We’ve never had issues with rats, mice, flys though. We’re in the US mid-Atlantic about 40 miles from the coast. We have tons of friends who also have chickens, goats, etc and no significant rodent/fly issues. Is it that bad during the summer months?

[@celestialnavigator63]

@@mbaroneva76 Yes, the fly's are that bad. At one point I had exhausted every pesticide and fam cure possible and just could not get rid of them. I endured 3 summers and this year 0 birds not messing with it. Last year we were in triple digits over 100 degrees and almost as much 100% humidity. It was miserable and the fly's drove us nuts. DONE! this year I have only seen 3 so far as we warmed up. last year I would have been overrun with early spring wannabee fly's by now.

[@philliphall5198]

If flys are a problem you have to many chickens to close to your house

[@justtom1820]

If flies are a problem, your management is a problem. Chicken's love to eat maggots, fly larvae. We have had chicken's for 12 years and do not have a fly problem

[@justtom1820]

I think you're wrong

[@douglasfick4817]

Um, you can't sell live animals on Facebook

[@lararabb8888]

If you have flies by the ton you are not cleaning your chicken area. Once a week I scatter DE all over the coop bedding. This kills alot of unwanted insects & parasites.

[@shadesCAN]

Take a chicken to the vet? Only if the vets name is Shake and Bake!

[@gregzeigler3850]

I have Jersey Giants, Brahma and Speckled Sussex. Between 24 hens, I get 50-60 eggs a week. 50 pound bag of All Stock, 20% feed 19.99 for 50 pounds lasts over two weeks which is cheaper than eggs at the store(over 5 bucks). There is no Avian Flu. If there were such, one would see millions of dead birds in their yards. Use some common sense. Turkish Rocket leaves are 16% protein. Comfrey is higher yet protein. I'm not buying any feed this summer. Furthermore chickens love grass and clover and in my yard is plenty when I mow...

[@piratekit3941]

After I started my coop, got my flock established, and my hens grew up - a coworker decided he wanted to as well.. only he rents a house so he'll have to dump the chickens at his mom's house. He also wants just 1 chicken AND he wants to keep them in a mesh cage with no coop. Don't be this guy. I tried to convince him of all the bad ideas, but he disregarded all advice. I just hope this panic buying stops him from finding chicks because he's also a bit lazy and doesn't put effort in.

[@RadioByeBye]

Chickens are food. If you can't handle them, then eat them.

[@lararabb8888]

If you have rats or mice you are leaving feed out. Remove all feed at night. Place all feed in rodent proof containers. I have outdoor cats that take care of such things.

[@juarezderrick9647]

Why do you disable the comments on all your videos? I'm sure a lot of people want to know where you got your fertilized eggs from.

[@OneGirlFarm]

I disable most of the comments because I don't have a ton of time to go through and answer them since KZbin is not a full time thing for me and I have multiple jobs at the moment (although I hope in the future KZbin can be more full time). But there are a few places to get fertilized eggs from! You can get them from local chicken breeders, online hatcheries (such as Myers Hatchery), and even on Ebay. I hope this helps :)

[@juarezderrick9647]

@@OneGirlFarm you don't have to answer the comments but you will get more subscribers and more people will see your videos if there is more going on with them such as comments!

[@Jack-ng1su]

Very obvious you are reading from a script!

[@OneGirlFarm]

Believe it or not, I wasn't. However, once in a while I write my own notes so I don't forget what I want to go over. But it's all from me/my own research.

[@dianeespinoza8647]

You are right about panic buying there is no reason to panic buy since the gestation of chickens is fairly short and the recovery of the chicken and egg crisis will turn over pretty quick however, your commentary on keeping chickens is not complete. You give all kinds of reasons why someone shouldn’t and wouldn’t be able to afford or have time to care for them you are discouraging people by not mentioning these FACTS. You are making it sound like people shouldn’t keep them unless you buy a store bought coops and put up a fence. Many people feed their chickens table scraps and spend very little on feed , many people free range and don’t need fencing. As far as space you said.” if you don’t have space… “ a small outdoor 5ft by 5ft you can humanely keep 5 hens. You don’t HAVE to free range. Chickens are in fact social animals BUT if you keep more than 1 chicken you don’t have to spend time with them and keep them as pets if you don’t want to. Many people clean their coops and feed them fresh food and water and keep them safe without spending more time than that. Chickens can take the same amount of time as any other type of bird you don’t have to walk, or play with them them and the vet bills? How many times have you actually taken your chicken to the vet. 😂😂 You are BS’ing that, everyone home treats poultry. As a matter of fact many places don’t have an avian vet within 50-100 mi. of them. These groups have at least 20 posts a day on how to treat a chicken at home. This attitude you have is , only CERTAIN people can do this, this actually came out of your mouth, “….it costs so much time, money , and work….” a few minutes later “it is easy for me” geez. You don’t need a master’s degree in biology to keep a chicken. It’s just a chicken. Stop trying to make it an elite club 😂 I added the small bits of info so that anyone reading this can research the info I have mentioned about raising chickens, I gave you something to think about there are other KZbin creators that are more informative.

[@daimyo1959]

wtf is with this video its like its 50 cuts its not just her talking its like a bunch of cuts thrown together like it was really made for tiktok

[@alinatotok]

I have 7 eggs a day. And I do sale my eggs. Like this my chicken cost me $0. 😊

[@tyrone6820]

Easter eggers garbage breed.