Good afternoon, my name is Amethyst and I live in a little agricultural town in California. I've been raising and caring for chickens since I was in high school and I'm particularly fond of my turken. We currently have 1 guinea pig, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 fish, and 11 birds(2 rhode islands, 1 turken...
I am new to keeping quail. I started with minding a friends chickens while they travelled. I decided to get smaller birds for myself. I got my first birds about a month ago.
They are cute and fun to watch. Right now they are living in an XL dog crate, which will be were they stay...
Hello everyone!
This is my first time owning poultry, although I watch my friends chickens while they are away. So, I decided to go with smaller birds for myself, and acquired some quail. Super cute birds, they are currently living in my basement, in a very large dog kennel. I am planning on...
Hi my name is Ellie, and although I'm not exactly new to BYC (had an old account, it's hard to explain) I'm just going to use this template and tell a little bit about myself.
(1) I am slightly new to chickens, I got my first flock in August of 2017.
(2) I currently have only two chickens, but...
Hi. I'm Leslie and I'm new to this forum. We have six Chantecler chickens (laying hens), and since they are all just about identical, we call each one of them Betty. That is not to say that they don't each have their unique personalities - but they ARE hard to tell apart and the name "Betty"...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I have had chickens for quite some time, I first had some chooks when I was primary school age.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Don’t know, too many
(3) What breeds do you have?
Silver laced wyandotte, Marans, Silkies...
Hello fellow chicken enthusiasts. I was previously a member & I suppose I hadn't been to the page for so long I either got deleted (doubt it) or somehow deleted myself...
I've had chickens since 2012. It all started with one chick at Rural King that had a bad eye. The lady working with the...
I have one adult rescue backyard chicken and am trying to learn the ropes. So far, I have done most things wrong, but poor Becky is still alive. She is a joy to have and very docile.
I have chickens for about 3 years now (15 chickens and dwindling).
They are in a fenced in run.
They get eaten by hawks. (1 a week now)
I will be building a covered run this summer.
Thinking about getting a goose as guard.
I built my own coop. Will post pictures later.
I need hatching eggs...
Hmm, well this feels a little awkward, I guess hello should be my starting point, I hope you and you feathered friends are all well and managed to avoid the dinner table over Christmas! I’m just going to tell you all the big stuff first so those of you that want to judge, can get it out of the...