4 brown (2S,2L)

9 chicks are thriving. 3 RI Red, 3 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 3 Americauna.

these chicks should be laying sporadically starting in January. By May they should be reaching full production.

2 chickens will be 2 years old then. Their eggs will be getting larger throughout the coming year.

I don't know if any of the 7-8 year old hens will be turned into stew. At this point their production is still quite good. I think possibly cull 2 hens in January... a flock of 15 is manageable in the space available though, and I may see how production continues with 8-9 year old birds next year.

Current Flock
2 SL Wyandotte (7 years)
1 RI Red (7-8) years
1 Americauna (7 years)
1 Barred Rock (1 year)
1 RI Red (1 year)
...
9 chicks.

Summer 2010:
5 SL Wyandotte (3 1 year, 2 8 years)
5 RI Reds (3 1 year, 1 2 years, 1 8-9 years)
4 Americauna (3 1 year, 1 8 years)
1 Barred Rock (2 years)

15 chickens... possible losses to maruading predators, possible roosters among chicks...

Realistically 12-14 chickens in summer 2010. I'd like 4 more Barred Rock hens in a young flock (3-4 year old or less) of about 15 hens in 2011-2012. 12 brown egg layers, 3 green egg layers.