Thank you to all Beekissed and all the OT's who have contributed to this thread. We had chickens and other livestock when I was a kid, and after getting my own first flock 25 years later, I found BYC. I was horrified by so many of the stories of diseases, predators, the necessity of having...
Roxannemc, I am sorry you haven't found this thread particularly helpful and feel targeted by some of the joking on here. I am a relative newbie, having only had my chickens for three years. We raised them when I was a kid, and even though they were mainly my responsibility, I did what my Dad...
I never incubated chickens until last year. The first time I was obsessive about temperatures because it was what I kept seeing on the site. After I saw some experienced OT's talking about chicks running around in the snow, I stopped worrying so much. And guess what? No 'pasty butt', just...
x2. We had chickens when I was a kid, for about 10 years they were mainly my responsibility to feed and care for. Many years later, and now I've had my own for the last 3 years. When I first found BYC, I was amazed how complicated raising chickens had become.
That's why I love this thread...
m.kitchengirl :
We "massage" most everything we say on here, being sensitive in this new era and all. LOL. If we talked straight like we did back in the day, you're gonna get us all in trouble. lau
I can't speak for all of us who are still trying to scratch the green from behind our ears...