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Congratulations BYC! 8,000 Members!

post #1 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:10pm
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Break out the sparkling cider!!

We just went past 8,000 members.

woot

This was a personally important milestone for me because the original BYC forum had about 8,000 members when I created the new forum.  I was very interested in how long it would take to get to this point.

Another interested bit of info:  It took us less than 1 month to add the last 1,000 members.

Here's how I feel when I think about 1,000 people signing up in one month:
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Thanks to every member of the forum and the great BYC staff members (past and present) for making BYC the best chicken community in the world!!!

Rob - Married to my wife Emily for 12 years and have two daughters, 9 and 6.  Home to four hens
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post #2 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:12pm

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post #3 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:14pm

Wow. Did I say WOW?! Seems like we just passed 7K! Awesome!

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #4 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:15pm

Wow!!!  That's a lot of chicken lovers!

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Lori

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Mom to 2 teenage daughters, one super husband, 6 horses, 4 dogs, 3 cats, and lots of chickens.
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You have 2 hands, one for helping yourself and one for helping others.


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post #5 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:21pm

That's exciting to have that many new members.  It wasn't long ago and we had 7000 members.  Way to go chicken addicts.

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post #6 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:23pm

Wow! I cant believe it big_smile. BYC really has a good reputation going dont it? smile I will keep telling people about BYC and hope we can build on to this community

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post #7 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:24pm
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*NEXT STOP: 18,OOO!!!!wee

--d.k ; East Coast, FL. 16Dec2010 -- 1 White Hen, the "Miss Perky" + 2 rowdy, rapidly growing kittens, namely"Yeti Bear", and "Sissy" (aka "Frickles").
RIP My Sweet,  Very Greatly Missed "Miss Chook";  I miss you every day, Momma's Little Girl....
and  "Miss Ginger", family dog,  friend,  protector against all threats,  whether real and imagined, for 12 years.
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--d.k ; East Coast, FL. 16Dec2010 -- 1 White Hen, the "Miss Perky" + 2 rowdy, rapidly growing kittens, namely"Yeti Bear", and "Sissy" (aka "Frickles").
RIP My Sweet,  Very Greatly Missed "Miss Chook";  I miss you every day, Momma's Little Girl....
and  "Miss Ginger", family dog,  friend,  protector against all threats,  whether real and imagined, for 12 years.
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post #8 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:25pm

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Let the Assimilation commence!
Well, I think it's easier to say now that "Hi, my name is Angie and I am a chick-a-holic!"
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Let the Assimilation commence!
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post #9 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:30pm

And by "sparkling cider", he means MOONSHINE! wee Congrats to BYC!


 

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post #10 of 49
3/27/08 at 5:35pm

Congrats BYC!  wee  What a wonderful community of so many valuable members.  clap   This is awesome!

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