introductions

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got chickens a year ago. So we are pretty new to it. It is way different than it was when we were kids. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have a small flock of 20chickens. 7 grown hens 1 rooster 8 pullets...

Hiya, I’ve not got a lot of experience with pheasants so seeking some advice. We currently have a male golden pheasant at work (in a large tropical house) we’ve been hoping to get him a girlfriend but haven’t as of yet. I’ve had the offer of another male pheasant which I’m interested in...

Hello all, I'm from Arkansas, not far from Fort Smith. A friend of mine turned me on to your forum to help catch up on poultry knowledge. I'm a Nana to two grand-children, 5 and 3 years old. They keep me on my toes daily. This year will make 20 years married. He also keeps me on my toes daily...

Hello, my name is Tiffany. Although I dont have any right now, I've raised chickens for years. I've always found them to be wonderful pets. I've also raised peacocks, guineas, ducks, turkens, pheasants, pigeons, and doves. I currently have a 10yr old pet pigeon named Cheepers, a 19yr old dove...

Hello, I'm fairly new to the backyard chicken flock club. Before making any purchases I was sure to do quite a bit of research, but research isn't the same as experience. I'm hoping I'll be able to find out more information from people with first-hand experiences! At the moment there's three...

Hello, I'm new to this group and would like to share my chicken status. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I started chickens in April. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I started with 6 and now have 4 due to meeting the new neighbor dog last week and...

Welp hi I'm SemiQ. I lurked around here for about 2 and a half years. I got my first 3 hens in 2015 and like everyone else went through some big learning curbs and lessons. Now I have 6 hens and 2 roosters ( which one I need to get rid of):he. Other than chickens we've got 1 kelpie cross visla...

Hi! So about 8 weeks ago our hen hatched 12 chicks! So this was a little unexpected, and we hadn’t done any research about our rooster and the chicks, so we put our rooster in a second cage right next to our hen and her chicks. Since then we have built one big coop hoping all of them could stay...

Hi fellow chicken people! I have a somewhat emergency situation that I was hoping to get some advice on. A local chicken mom is being forced to rehome her 5 bantams approx 5 months old each (she believes that two are not yet laying). Her town does not permit Chickens, and clearly there is a...

Hi everyone! I'm Bella, and I have 12 chickens, 4 of which are boys. It can get very noisy! I've had chickens around two and a half years now. I ended up with three when I moved in with my fiance (he rescued them) and then from there I got the bug and got a couple more. Turns out one of the...

I'll be 80 in August and nearly 5 years ago I bought a one acre lot with a small home in Windsor, ME. Since we have a gazillion ticks in the NE part of the U.S. I bought 4 keets last spring (2017). They really did a good job at tick patrol. All 4 are females, 1 tries to hatch eggs so I've given...

Hey everyone! I have read & learned so much on here that I find myself on this site daily. So I decided to join! :frow I have 4 - week old pullets and just hatched 4 silkies. They're 1 & 3 days old. We just hatched 2 Cotournix quail last week & 2 ducks about 7-8 weeks old. (our friends...

Hi! My husband and I have had chickens since about 2014 and I'm just now participating in this forum. We have 13 older chickens, primarily Golden Comets (11 hens and 2 roosters) and have 15 5-week old chicks (offspring of the older chickens). I've read some of the posts to BackYardChickens...

Hi my name is Tracy. I’m not new to having chickens but I still consider myself new as this is the first year I have had chickens long enough to lay eggs! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I first got chickens in 2016. I bought a beautiful family of blue...

Hello new chicken buddies! This year we are starting the adventure, finally, after years of wanting to and never having the guts to just do it. My friends offered to raise the baby chicks until it’s time to go to the coop, knowing that raising babies was the thought holding us back the most. We...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I grew up on a farm with lots of animals -- including chickens. I remember a lot of bantams. Others I don't remember the breed. I have never personally raised chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I am in the...

Hey everyone. I'm Sarah, and I have recently raised a couple dozen healthy chickens of many different breeds (why pick just one when I can collect them all? Bwahahaha). I posted in the emergency forum because I am having my first issue that I am not sure about. I'm a small animal vet tech, so...

Hi there !! My name's Dan, and I have a wyandotte... along with five other chickens (The whole flock owned by me and my sister) But the wyandotte is my favourite. To almost obsession level. She's a sweetie Anyway, uhm, I think that's all. Have a nice day <3

Hi, sorry if this isn’t right, but I’m new to the sight, and want to introduce myself, then maybe post a couple of questions on another thread. Last spring, my husband and I surprised our 5 kids (who have never had pets but had been eyeing some chicks at a hardware store and begging) with 7...

Ello there! I'm a chicken lover in Indiana with a small flock of 3 roosters and 2 hens. I know it's very off and shouldn't be this off-balanced, but it's because of a faulty sexing incident. I love them too much to get rid of a single one. It would have been worse with a 4th rooster, but the 4th...