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In the Brooder
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Newish! I got my first chickens in April 2021. I added 13 more flock members this year. I did have Guineas growing up as well!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Currently 19 hens and a rooster
(3) What breeds do you have?
Barred Rocks, Blue Plymouth, a mix of Easter Eggers, Appenzeller Spitzhauben (they were an oops mix up from a feed store), Maran, Black Sex Link, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Australorp (Rooster) and a couple of unknowns
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
All of it? I love fresh eggs. I love seeing their personalities. I love watching them interact with each other and me.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Photography, gardening, canning, cooking, and farm life in general. I also love traveling and nature.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My husband and I have been married for 14 years. We live in the Northwoods UP of Michigan/Wisconsin. We just bought an old farm with 30 acres in the spring of 2021. It needs a lot of work so we have been trying to make the house liveable and also clean up the yard. Besides the chickens, we have two Pomeranian dogs (Tank-13 and Willow-3), one cat (Georgie-8), and three horses (Breeze-26, Winnie the mini-17, and Maze-11). We had a bull that we sold to a neighbor and we had some turkeys that we harvested this fall. I am lucky to work from home for a telecommunication company.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I was googling looking for chicken breed IDs and this site came up. I have referenced answers from this site before, so finally decided I'm done wonder what the heck breeds I have 
Newish! I got my first chickens in April 2021. I added 13 more flock members this year. I did have Guineas growing up as well!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Currently 19 hens and a rooster
(3) What breeds do you have?
Barred Rocks, Blue Plymouth, a mix of Easter Eggers, Appenzeller Spitzhauben (they were an oops mix up from a feed store), Maran, Black Sex Link, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Australorp (Rooster) and a couple of unknowns
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
All of it? I love fresh eggs. I love seeing their personalities. I love watching them interact with each other and me.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Photography, gardening, canning, cooking, and farm life in general. I also love traveling and nature.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My husband and I have been married for 14 years. We live in the Northwoods UP of Michigan/Wisconsin. We just bought an old farm with 30 acres in the spring of 2021. It needs a lot of work so we have been trying to make the house liveable and also clean up the yard. Besides the chickens, we have two Pomeranian dogs (Tank-13 and Willow-3), one cat (Georgie-8), and three horses (Breeze-26, Winnie the mini-17, and Maze-11). We had a bull that we sold to a neighbor and we had some turkeys that we harvested this fall. I am lucky to work from home for a telecommunication company.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I was googling looking for chicken breed IDs and this site came up. I have referenced answers from this site before, so finally decided I'm done wonder what the heck breeds I have 
Love the pictures!
