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Hi, I'm newish to the community. I was part of the group but deleted my Facebook account and only recently found the website. Here's a little about us: We started raising twelve chickens in 2019; four of which turned out to be roosters. We gave three away, initially wanting to keep the...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I helped my parents with chickens, but have only gotten the urge to get my own recently. Between supermarket prices and just wanting to get more self sufficient, I think chickens are a great way to get into livestock on a smaller...

Hey! I’m Henvolio- get the reference?- I’m a young chicken keeper from North Carolina, U.S.A., I’ve been keeping chickens for around four/five years now, and have known about this website for a while now as well, I just haven’t joined! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...

Hello everyone! My name is Chelsea, and I live in the part of Canada that is further south then some of the US. My family followed our dream and moved to the country 5 years ago, and have been working up the nerve to start raising chickens on our 1.25 acre property ever since. In the meantime, I...

Hello from Northeastern Kentucky! I am new to the BackYard Chicken family but have been using this resource for quite some time. (Do a search for questions about chickens and BYC pops up a lot thankfully) I currently have 9 chickens but I am giving 4 away to a lady who had her entire flock...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm fairly new to chickens. I got my first four chicks May 2021. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Four. The same four mentioned in #1. (3) What breeds do you have? Rhode Island Red (4) What are your favorite aspects of...

hello! I’m a fellow chicken lover and so far I’ve had 11 chickens. I love all farm animals and I will be getting a duck soon hopefully! My name is Averi and I am glad to join you guys :)

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had quail for a year (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 7 quail (3) What breeds do you have? Coturnix regular and and celadon (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? They are so cute 💕...

Hello from North Carolina! My family just moved and recently got our backyard bunch of chickens (and ducks) started. I’m excited to finally have a small flock of barred rocks, I’ve always wanted some! I grew up on a farm with a mix of leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, and orphingtons. Until now we...

I had worked on some farms in my teen years, but never felt motivated to have backyard chickens, until my friend who had a flock of 6 is moving to Hawaii and asked me to take on her crew. I said yes... begrudgingly... That was March, 2022. Now I'm hooked! My daughter has a cold today and I'm so...

Hi everyone, - My name is Boyd from Boyds Outdoors. I have my own flock of chickens since I was 12 year old. My coop is the "Overflowing Coop" I have off and on approximately 200-300 chickens. Bantams and regular chicks. I hatch my own eggs together with some hens. Mainly Orpingtons and a couple...

We've had chooks since Nov/Dec 2017, currently have 2 black Australorps and one lavender/white bantam 'not an Aracuna because it has a tail, but it lays blue eggs so???' Favourite part of having hens is their bizarre personalities and the way they look permanently indignant. We're also...

Hi everyone! I'm Sarah, aka chickentendii! Nice to meet you! I'm from sunny California. :cool: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I bought my first flock of hens in September 2016 and still have most of them. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 5...

(1) Are you new to chickens? Yes, totally new to raising chickens though I currently may be considered a Utube professional due to sheer volume of videos I have been watching on raising chickens! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None currently but we are getting 10 chicks from...

I'm finally joining BYC now that I've got a nice flock of my own! This past March I kick-started my dream of a sustainable homestead and purchased 6 day old chicks; I had 3 barred rocks, 2 leghorns, 1 Rhode Island White. Then I couldn't help myself and got two silkies, a blue and chocolate...

Hello, my family and I are first-time waterfowl owners and are looking forward to learning more. We have a few goslings and some Rouen ducks.

Hello everyone, happy to be here. I am a new daddy to 5 Rouen ducklings, just over a week old. I hope to chat with you about raising healthy and happy fowl!

Howdy!! I’m rhyme, and I’m new to poultry but I recently got some little goobers of my own! Got the coop all ready, but they’re all teeny so we’re waiting on em to grow before heading them out there. Got a baby blue slate Turkey named Winnie, an absolute cuddlebug who is genuinely the sweetest...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Lauren. Me and my husband are both 28, live in central Alabama and have been married almost 5 years (together total of 10) and have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and 4 ball pythons (also looking to get a leopard gecko and blue tongue skink shortly). We...

Hello all! Another future chicken crazy person here! I’ve lurked for a while, but I decided to join so I could interact with all of the fun posts and people. I spent my childhood on a small farm (sadly without chickens) then wound up in suburbia for about fifteen years. Spouse and I finally...