Wow... there must be quite a few back yard chicken people out there - I am amazed at how welcome you make me feel - thank you for that.
I will add to my introduction since there were a few things I forgot to mention - maybe I should join the backyardherds forum too....
We also have four...
Today is the day I decided to join this forum after having lurked for the past six months... and so I'll give a quick introduction.
I have never had any knowledge of chickens whatsoever, didn't grow up with any, nor did I ever have any desire to live with them... "chicken ignorant" would be...