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  1. Ameebolah

    New to BYC (but not backyard chickens 😉)

    Long time lurker, first time engaging! I have a smol flock of 10 RIR, mystic marans, and ameraucanas who are almost ready to lay! I’m on a homestead with other animals working with me (dairy goats and bees) but chickens were my first experience with livestock. Started with 40 hens and 4 roos...
  2. LCRA

    New Member Intro

    My name is Bob Valenta. I do not raise chickens, yet, but I have been wanting to for some time. I have many friends and neighbors, who do raise chickens, and I find them very fascinating. I am from North Fort Myers, (Lee County) FL. Several of us in the area are currently engaging the...
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  3. gingersnap87

    New Member Intro

    Hello there, here to introduce myself! I've been keeping chickens off and on for about 15 years, but I am new to this chicken forum. I currently have 14 chickens and 4 ducks. My flock is completely mixed with several different breeds, both bantam and standard sized chickens. The bantams...
  4. M

    New Member Intro

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New, started this year (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do you have? Buff and lavender orpingtons (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? They're cute (5) What are some...
  5. S

    New member and new homesteader family

    Thank you all for this group! Last year moved out into the country to begin more of a homestead lifestyle which naturally is anchored around our desire for chickens. Our family of four here in Ohio is picking up our chicks in the next few weeks. Couple is in the works (building myself, first...
  6. DancesWithRoosters

    Heowdy all from PNW

    Hello all! Im Cloud and I just got saddled up here today. I have eleven chickens (between three weeks and one month atm.) im raising up right now and im hoping to get quail, peafowl and doves breeding, too. Ive lived in the US of A most my life, and around ten years in Europe. Im native...
  7. lillykew

    Hello, nice to meet you!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, though I've wanted to have backyard chickens for a long time. We're planning to get some this spring! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None yet, but we're planning on just three as we live in a...
  8. M

    New member

    Hello! I am not new to chickens, I've had them all my life, but there have been a few years of traveling and moving when I could not have chickens. I've recently started a new flock of chickens, but I live on the east coast of the US now, so it's a lot different from the warmer weather and...
  9. Polly Ester

    New, but not really

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new to chickens really, we raised them when i was a kid (decades ago). Hubby and I got our own in 2020 after moving from NV to AL. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We started with 3 on a 1 acre place and...
  10. M

    Welcome, to the Mayhem!

    Hello everybody! My name is Hope, most people call me ‘Hopey Mae’ or just “Hopey”… I’m located in a small rural town in middle Tennessee. There is a heavy agricultural influence here in Carthage. I’ve got a small backyard flock of about 15-20 chickens. I’m a victim of the “chicken math” craze...
  11. B

    New Member from NM

    Hello. I'm a new member to the community and look forward to being here to learn more about my chickens. I started with chickens last year and have 8 and I have added 10 new chicks to my backyard this spring. We will be giving three away to my neighbor who is right now building her coop...
  12. HorseDad

    Introductions!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Not new to chickens, or BYC, just returning because I forgot my old login and I no longer use my old email. Whoops! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have somewhere around 25 adult birds (adding 5 pullets soon), and...
  13. S

    New Member Intro

    Hello, New member here. I started homesteading in July 2022. We started with a flock of 15 Barred Rocks and lost one to a predator. We then bought what we thought was 7more Barred Rock pullets. We ended up with Olive Eggers, three were roosters! We decided to move from Suburban neighborhood...
  14. K1TT

    New Here

    ATTN: THIS IS @BackroadGirl57 'S ALTERNATE ACCOUNT, MADE AS IF A DIFFERENT PERSON (not really a person, a car) (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I've never had chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None, but that will change in a few weeks...
  15. SSHilltopHens

    Intro/Where my TN folks at?

    Hey yall! I'm Alex, nice to meetcha 😀 Rocky Road the Fibro EE, Cassiopeia the Prairie Bluebell Egger and Pantera the Ayam Cemani. Fairly new chicken mama here (we got our first chicks back in February) who is just starting to dip my toes into breeding, so I've come to this forum to learn as...
  16. E

    hihi

    (1) Are you new to chickens/when did you first get chickens? Really new. Got them this Tuesday for my birthday after much research and pondering. Yay~ (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Just three. (3) What breeds do you have? Splash Australorp, paint Silkie, and a silver Wyandotte...
  17. B

    Hello!

    Hello, I’m a new chicken mama and live in a neighborhood setting at the moment. I grew up around chickens and cows. We have a flock of three Sapphire Gem girls, roughly 5-6 months old now. I love spending time with my girls and learning each individual personality. I also enjoy gardening and...
  18. F

    Greetings from The Fortune Hive

    Hi all! I have a large family who love raising animals (especially our chickens), living on the middle peninsula of Hampton Roads, Virginia. There are 8 of us altogether and we call ourselves The Fortune Hive! About a year ago we built a VERY large chicken coop/run and began raising our 6...
  19. C

    New member here! But Not new to chicken life :)

    Howdy! I’m in SE Idaho and I’ve had chickens for quite a few years now. I joined this thread as I’ve been a constant reader but the time has come where I believe I got a couple roosters this set of chicks. Olive egger & maran. Let me know you’re thoughts below 😅 I’d love to share and learn...
  20. Burnt Brass Homestead

    Hey everyone…Burnt Brass Homestead here!!

    Hi...I am from the NE tri-state area. I have moved from a major city to a rural area to raise livestock and grow food. We typically have on hand 10 layers and 1 rooster. Each year we order about 100 hundred male Cornish Cross meat birds (50 at a time) to feed our family (and some guests) for the...
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