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patchulie1

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Hello from Oregon,

I am a new BYC member. I have had chickens for about 2 years. And there is a definite high learning curve to having chickens! Learned much about worms, feather picking, introducing new hens, dealing with an aggressive rooster, and hens eating eggs!
 
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It sounds like you've had an "entertaining" 2 years with chickens, lol. It's a good thing they are so fun and interesting. What breeds of chickens do you have?

Make yourself at home here, thanks for joining us!
 
Hello!
Thanks for the welcome message. I have 5 hens and 1 "snarky" rooster. My hens are a silver lace wyandotte, ameracauna, a brown leghorn, and 2 austrolorp. My roo is a gorgeous lavender orpington. He does a great job protecting the hens from predatory birds, as we are in the country. Best way to keep him from going after me is a little spray bottle of water. The hens are very sweet, especially the ameracauna and the austrolorps.
 
@patchulie1 Have you hatched out any chicks with your fertile eggs? You have a nice variety of breeds, I bet the mixes would be pretty.
 
Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. If you're like me, a lot of those lessons have come from the school of hard knocks. If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is loads of useful information there that can help you avoid future classes in the school of hard knocks. :eek:) Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your flock.
 
Thanks Michael!
Yes....learned my lessons from: losing a hen to worms, being attacked by my rooster, losing eggs to egg-eating hens, and giving away a hen that was too stressed and picking her own feathers. The chicken "learning curve" is indeed a tough climb! LOLOL
 

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