Hi guys! Do you know if anyone has any chicks or pullets for sale? Our family desperately needs some. Our coop is iron clad...but my daughter didn't close the gate all the way. Yup, you guessed it. A wild animal got to my precious fuzzy butts! They are my babies and their eggs are part of...
Hello, Guess what everybody! One of our ladies gave us our first time EVER egg yesterday! We found ANOTHER egg this morning when we checked on our girls. We are brand new chicken owners since late March and could not be more thrilled! I do have a few questions though, if that is ok? We got our...
Hello BackYardChicken family!
I hope all is well with you and your flocks! We are first time chicken owners. I feel like a new Momma a lot of the times and I am still learning, so I hope you will forgive me.
Today, we noticed a little white speck on the bottom of the lining of one of...
Hello BackYard Chickens,
I hope you are all doing well. It has been a while since I have posted in here. Just to recap:
We bought our chickens from our local hardware store 03/25/16.
They said the chicks were about a week old or so then.
They said the chicks were all ISA Browns and...
Hello BYC family!
First off, thank you for all of your warm welcomes and very much appreciated and valued advice. I know our chicks are still pretty young. We think they are 4 weeks old. When we got them from the local hardware store, they were guessing that the chicks were about a week...
Thank you so much for your warm greeting and valued information! I know it is hard to tell, but are they looking like pullets so far? Here is the difference between the two feeds:
WHEW! It is hard to take a picture of these little luvies! Here are some much better pictures of the bawk, bawks as my children call them! I turned the red light off so you can see their true colors. From my last thread, the hardware store said they are pullets and the breed is Isabrown. A...
Hello! Thank you so much! I agree! All of you have been tremendously helpful and very welcoming. I am thrilled about this group as well. I am sure you will see a lot of me, hehe. I feel like a new Momma again, but I love it! Thank you again!
Thank you for the warm welcome and kind words. I have had a few bad experiences with forums, but have heard such wonderful things about BYC. I thought I would give BYC a chance, and it's nice to find people learning and going through the same thing you are. Thank you so much for the advice...
Thank you! To be honest, I never thought I would like chickens this much. Haha! My husband is going to build us a chicken coop. He has been researching and drawing up the plans for some time now. You are right! The little darlings are already changing in size as well as appearance. Thank...
WHEW! It is hard to take a picture of these little luvies! Here are some much better pictures of the bawk, bawks as my children call them! I turned the red light off so you can see their true colors. I also had another question regarding chicken feed. We got a small yellow bag of the chick...
Hello BackYard Chicken clan!
We are new to the chicken world. I used to help on a farm, but I have never raised chickens before. We want to get into raising chickens because we have heard of their wonderful personalities, quirky mannerisms and it is just an all around fun way to spend...