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Since Covid cancelled our travel plans we have been working around the farm doing general updating, etc. Therefore, the chicken idea came up (again) and we decided to do it. Our 11 Wyandottes arrived last Thursday (one rooster and 11 pullets). We started with Wyandottes because of what we read...

We have 34 chickens. A bunch of different breeds. We got them for eggs to share with friends and neighbors etc. My husband and I have 2 (soon to be 3) kids and they love the chickens!! Our oldest (2yrs old) is great with them! We got the majority of our chickens in a variety pack of sorts but...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Our chicken adventures just started April 19th 2020. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We got 12 chicks, 4 were going to a friend of ours after feathering out. We then rescued 1 more. Right now we have 9. (3) What breeds...

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HI, We are a family of three in Brattelboro Vermont and have 8 chicks two of each (RIR, Americauna, Wyandotte, speckled Sussex). Its been so great having them around. We have built them a little tractor for field trips shown and are putting the finishing details on our Covid Coop. I'm...

Hi! My situation is a little complicated right now but here's the gist of it- Three EE hens A 10-week-old Australorp pullet A 10-week-old BO cockerel We've been raising the groups in two separate coops and allowing the adults to free range, and recently we've been attempting to get the groups...

We live in Lake Butler, Fl, near The Groves. We are new to this area and are looking forward to getting chickens, but need to build a coop first. Ifound this site from a posting on Facebook.

We have a male and female French Toulouse pair that are four years old. They've never been successful hatching goslings but we had high hopes this year! The first year, one gosling hatched but by the time we knew, it was dead and she had abandoned the nest. No idea what happened. Last year she...

I'm very new to having birds, and I need a little help. I have 2 RIR hens, about 3-4 years old, they where gifted from a friend. I also have 15 chicks and 2 ducklings. 5 of the chicks are 4 weeks old, the rest are 3 weeks. The littles are currently in my garage, and I know it's early, but I want...

Hi! My name is Gabriel, but my online handle is Xalthir. I decided to just use the template since I didn't feel like doing it all from 'scratch'doyougetit. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, we've kept them for almost a year now but just...

Hi! My name is Ken, and I am a very new owner to 4 wonderful chicks. They hatched 4/23/20, and I’ve had them since 4/26/20. They are: an Astralorp named Peanut Butter, a Blue Cochin named Choccy Milk, an Ameracauna named Buddy, and what was sold to us as an Ameraucauna but who I actually now...

Hello! I'm a new member so I figured I should do the new member thread. My name is Shannon and I live in Spencer, NY. My husband and I purchased our first home last August so I'm finally able to have my very own flock! I currently have six 4-week old chicks (three Silver-Laced Wyandottes and...

Hi all! I’ve been begging my husband for chickens for 6 years and he finally relented! I bought a “Chick-Inn” coop and run at Rural King and it’s a bit smaller than I anticipated; it says it’ll house up to three chickens comfortably. I’ll likely extend the run using some scrap lumber and chicken...

Hello peeps! My name is Izzy and I am, alas, without chickens at the moment. I live in an apartment with a landlord who is NOT KEEN on the idea of having chickens on the property. Sad. But I have plans! Plans for chickens when my husband and I get a house of our own, preferably in the...

Hello! My name is Kat and my husband is Kyle, we’re new to the homestead life and are doing it in our rented townhouse for now. We have a menagerie of animals. Two dogs, 2 pet bunnies, 5 fish, 2 adult female quail, and 31 quail eggs in our incubator. They’re due to hatch around May 17. A wise...

Hi everyone! I'm a homesteader in NW Ohio. I have two acres with a fully stocked fishing pond, and I'm obsessed with ducks!! I have resident wild mallards on the pond who just had 10 baby ducklings!!! I am raising Buff Orpington ducks, too. I ordered four hens and 1 drake in early April 2020...

Hi there BYC! My boyfriend and I are finally raising our first (5) chickens! We’re in San Diego, CA, and while we‘d love to move somewhere more rural (and typical for raising chickens) we noticed many of our neighbors here were already raising them in their backyards. So we figured, what are we...

Hi everyone! My name is Kaysha and my boyfriend Kevin and I started rasing chicks for the first time starting last spring of 2019. We first started out with 6 chicks. Three of them ended up being roosters. Now we have Ruby a Sapphire Gem and Harold and Kumar who are Black Sex Links.. we are...

Hi! I'm glad to finally join this site with other chicken owners :D my love for these gorgeous birds started when my parents got two backyard hens when I was only 5! I've never looked back since. I'm OBSESSED. They are my favourite animal of all time and now at 21, I have a flock of 10...

Good morning, everyone! I’m a first time chick mama. I will be picking up my baby chicks (barred Plymouth rock, Easter egger, olive egger, and French copper maran) next week and I’m very excited! My dad had chickens so i have been around chickens before but I’ve never raised baby chicks. I love...