Claires Poultry

I raise Black Australorp chickens, Blue Fawn, Lilac, Chocolate, and Chocolate Pied Muscovies, and Lavender and Pearl guineas.

I got my first chickens in 2009, my first guineas in 2010, and my first Muscovies in May 2014.

I currently have 22 Black Australorps (20 hens and 2 roosters), 9 Muscovy ducks (3 drakes and 6 hens - 1 Chocolate Pied drake, 1 Chocolate drake, 1 Blue Fawn drake, 1 Chocolate Pied hen, 3 Lilac hens, and 2 Blue Fawn hens), 2 Pearl Guineas (a male and a female), and 2 Lavender Guineas (a male and a female).

In the spring and summer I hatch out a whole bunch of poultry - 100 to 200 as replacements and to feed my large family.

My favorite reasons for raising poultry are for fun, for pets, for meat, and for eggs. Even though I raise my birds for eggs and meat, I still consider them my pets because they are so friendly and cute! Muscovies are my most favorite of them all!

Some of my hobbies include: raising and watching poultry, cooking, baking, growing a garden, canning, collecting wild berries, storing up for winter, knitting, living on a farm, and making cheese. I'm also learning Hebrew (slowly but surely) and I really enjoy listening to Hebrew music! I milk a cow every day and hopefully I will have a goat to milk soon, too!

Here is a link to a thread all about the farm:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rolling-hills-farm.1306090/

I have a large family - my mom and dad and I and my 7 siblings!

I found BYC when I was looking up something about poultry and I recently decided to join it! I am very pleased that I did!