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Hello BYC ers!! So we have had an incredibly fulfilling, amusing, and ever so tasty chicken raising experience so far- our flock of seven ladies ( 2 Australorps, 3 Buff Orps, 2 Blue Orps) will be 1 yr old in April. They began laying prodigiously late last fall, and we have had really no problems...

Hi There! My husband and I are about 6 weeks into our first chicken raising adventure, and how wonderful and rewarding it has been!! Sadly, what were supposed to be all female chicks, has proven to have an odd man out as it were. :( Our beautiful Buff Orpington, Susquehanna, turns out, is a...

Hi there. We are about 5 weeks into our chicken adventure, and loving it, but I have growing suspicion that the biggest of our ladies, well, isn't one. Susquehanna has always been the biggest chick, by far the quickest to feather, and appears to be the ruler of the roost for the most part- but...

Six new babies home from the hatchery (4 buff Orps and 2 blues) and I'll tell ya, everyones pooped. :) Growin up takes a lot of work! Everybody is all splayed out, lined up like dominos. (At least after the first 2 we brought home last week, I know not to have an utter meltdown when they stretch...

Hi friends... So that day has FINALLY come, we brought home 2 of what will, in a week, be a flock of 8. Today, the Australorp chicks... Despite obsessively reading every single post I could manage- I am such a nervous momma. My brooder temp is perfect ( I have been tweaking for days), dipped...

Hello All!! Just wanted to introduce myself as I am new to the gathering, as well as the chicken raising experience. My husband and I recently purchased a beautiful home on a double lot here in Cleveland, Ohio, and my chicken dreams are ever that much closer to becoming a reality!! At present I...