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 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...
INTRODUCTION [Willowtr33]
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am fairly new to raising chickens of my own but have since 2022 owned 5 Barred Rock Hens (Plymouth Rock Chicken) and 2 Easter Egger Roosters (that's a story within itself...lol).
(2) How many chickens do...
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I first got chickens after my partner and I moved to a farm where there were 2 chickens previously. So we started learning about them as well as taking care of them. I also recently got 6 true blue whiting chicks for my birthday on...
Hi! I’m vanessa and this is just a small introduction! My family first got chickens in 2015! I live in the city of Cleveland so we aren’t allowed to have too many but we have continuously had about 10-20 since! At the moment I have 8 chickens! We still have yet to figure out 2 of our 4 breeds...
I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself as I am getting back into the chicken rearing and community is everything!
Hi, I'm Jade!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes and no, lol! I got my first 2 chickens when I was 5 in 2004, but I never had any chickens after...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I’ve just started raising chickens with my family this year, so I am a complete newbie to all of this. I got my chickens around May or so as chicks, so they are still very young.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? Right...
Hello.
I've had this forum bookmarked for some time, reading thru. We are signing the papers today on the new-to-us 3 acres with house. He grew up with animals/farming stuff, I did NOT.
I grew up fly fishing, foraging, tracking animals, shooting, cleaning all the above, but only on vacations...
Hello!
I’m new to BYC. I live in Tehachapi CA and have a small family farm with 9 chickens, 4 ducks, 7 goats, 4 dogs, 2 cats, 2 Guinea pigs and 4 humans - 6 if you count my husband and myself 🤪
I’m trying to convince my husband to let me get all the farm animals but I have to ease him into it...
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I’m somewhat new. In my late teens my mom and I had tons of chickens on her farm. But I’m new to the idea of backyard chickens of my own.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have two hens! 1 partridge silkie and 1 Mille...