BackYard Chickens

Advanced Search

BackYard Chickens › BYC Forum › Social › New Member Introductions › New to BYC and raising chickens

Recent Reviews

Red Sex Link
Reviewed by Hogs and Horns

These are my first chickens, gifts from a daughter for Christmas. Once they started laying, it's rare to have a day without one egg from each hen. They come when I call them, stay close to the...

Full Review
Japanese
Reviewed by MoodyBroody622

I have six Japanese Bantams. Five hens and one rooster. Grace, Zoey, Lemon, DeLacey, and DeLaney are the hens, and George Tucker is my rooster. They make up about 1/5 of my chickens. I have all...

Full Review
Sicilian Buttercup
Reviewed by Glimmer Otnes

I just LOVE my sicilian buttercup, Poppy. Anytime I go outside she loves to hop up onto my back or my arm. She's very curious and loves to he held or played with. I've also noticed that she loves...

Full Review
White Leghorn Pullets
Reviewed by HershelMS

My Brown Leghorns are very good natured, and easy to care for. they lay well and lay large eggs. You can count on a dozen plus out of this coop every 4 days with only three hens laying. I get a...

Full Review
Wyandotte
Reviewed by The Bantam Guy

I ahve two bantams wyandotte silver laced and golden (the one in the photo)

Full Review

New Posts All Forums:Forum Nav:

New to BYC and raising chickens

Subscribe Search This Thread

Start a New Thread

post #1 of 8

3/26/12 at 10:18am

Thread Starter

flock of 5

Joined: 3/2012
Posts: 10
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Hi my name is Nicole. We have had chickens since last August got them when they were about 4 months old. We have a Black Astrolorp (Elvira), an Americuana (Rainbow), an Egyptian Fayomi (Zebra), and a Rhode Island Red (Peanut Butter). We also adopted a Black Astrolorp (Blackie) she is about 2 1/2 or 3 years old (her sisters got killed by foxes) we got her in october of 2011. I've enjoyed learning about them. Each one is truly different just like children. I love this site and used it in the beginning to set up the coop and other information. I hope to continue learning about my flock of 5 and their ways.

Edited by flock of 5 - 3/26/12 at 10:51am

post #2 of 8

3/26/12 at 10:21am

1muttsfan

Location: Upper Peninsula Michigan
Joined: 3/2011
Posts: 11,641
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

My Chickens
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

My Chickens
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens

post #3 of 8

3/26/12 at 12:18pm

greymane

Location: Seneca County, NY
Joined: 6/2011
Posts: 4,702
offline

Select All Posts By This User

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lucky to have an awesome wife. Father to three boys. As for animals...rabbits, chickens and goats, oh my!

post #4 of 8

3/26/12 at 2:44pm

dawg53
Humble

Location: Jacksonville, Fl (Always a Georgia Dawg)
Joined: 11/2008
Posts: 17,708
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Welcome to BYC.

Most people have no clue...Forewarned is Forearmed

post #5 of 8

3/26/12 at 4:58pm

weimarmama

Location: Alabama
Joined: 6/2010
Posts: 20,239
My Coop
offline

Select All Posts By This User

& from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

post #6 of 8

3/26/12 at 9:05pm

4-H chicken mom

Location: Oberlin, OH
Joined: 8/2007
Posts: 17,479
offline

Select All Posts By This User

Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you joined.

TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!