Hello! I'm Alexandra, or MilieBantam, whatever works for me! I currently live with my family and 19 chickens, all of whom I love very much. We have an elderly dog named Oz, who's a big sweetheart, too.
My family calls me chicken obsessed, but kissing each of my lovely hens on the head to bed...
Hi, my name is Deanna. My husband and I have had chickens now for about 2 years. We currently own 4 hens, and 1 rooster. Three of the hens are Rhode Island Reds, with the fourth being a sweet hearted Silkie. In addition to the one Rhode Island Red rooster. I look forward to learning more about...
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I am still learning the ropes of keeping chickens so please bear with me.
I have eight hens and some of them are starting to lay. I don't have any layer feed. Is it okay if they keep eating grower feed of a little while (I just got a new bag of grower feed). What happens if I...
Hello Everyone!
I am still learning the ropes of keeping chickens so please bear with me.
I have eight hens and some of them are starting to lay. I don't have any layer feed. Is it okay if they keep eating grower feed of a little while (I just got a new bag of grower feed). What happens if I...
Hello. Would anyone please be so incredibly kind as to please do me a huge favor and send an email, with your name (you may use an alias!) and the subject ''VOTING HEIDI'S CHICKENS'' to '' [email protected] ''
You will be helping me win a grant to finally be able to get my...
Hello, everyone! I'm The Duck Mother and I'm so happy to be here on Backyard Chickens! As you may have guessed though, I don't raise chickens I raise ducks :) But this site was practically my Bible when I was first starting out. Even though I'm still learning, I've come a long way from them and...
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I'm Molly. I do not have any chickens yet I'm new to this. I live in Northern California, i'm in the central valley. I've never had chickens before so I came here to continue my research and education on the topic. I'm hoping to meet/chat with people that keep chickens.
I have three...
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My name is Artemis, after the goddess of the moon, hunt, and fertility.
I'm currently going to community college with hopes of soon transferring to pursue animation and digital design. My hobbies include drawing, painting, hiking, mountain biking, skateboarding, reading westerns, scifi...
Hello everybody, I have a question for you, when will my chickens start laying, My older part of the flock are 10 - 12 weeks old and my younger part is 6 - 7 weeks old, the younger section consists of 2 Cuckoo Marans, and 1 Ameraucana. The older section consists of 2 RIR and 1 Leghorn!
The...
(1) Yes, me and my mother are a bit new to chickens, we first got chicken eggs for incubating, but they never worked, all dead on lock-down except for one we were incubating for a friend.
(2) We have twelve chickens. Killed one, because he was a big bad meanie (and because we were hungry).
(3)...
I just started the whole chicken thing in Spring when we got them at work, and I love it! Its so fun to watch them and the fresh eggs every morning are great. I'm also considering starting to try some show with some of the fancy breeds I have acquired. I've got roughly 25 chickens right now, and...
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I love this website and the forum. I have a little farm and love to raise chickens. I started with one hen 20 years ago and now I have a huge flock, but questions and learning never end, there are always news things to find out from other chicken owners. Nature teaches us so...
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We are from California and have 4 chickens. My two older chickiens are all grown about 1 years old (Ameriana and Austhrolorp) and we just got two new babe chicks during easter weekend. That makes them a little over 6 weeks (buff Orprinton and Wyandotte). Still very young but what age...
My husband and I just bought a little barn house in the NC mountains. The neighbor has about 10 chickens and 1 rooster who like to spend most of their time in my yard. Crazy as others think I have become fond of these chickens and after the birth of my neighbors twins, their time is none. I am...