Hey all, my name is Leah and I live here in northeast Texas! I’ve had my first flock of chickens for about two years now. I have eight Barred Rocks, and a duck. I love having fresh, healthy eggs every morning. One thing that has helped our flock stay happy and healthy all year long is fermenting...
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...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I was fortunate enough to get some hens at the start of this year, I have nine hens and they are almost all laying eggs.
I have a mix of breeds, mostly to get a feel for the individual sets of behaviors and egg laying capabilities...
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 :)
Hello,
I’ve been poking around this website for years. Finally made it official and became a member. I had a flock of chickens about 15 years ago, and another a couple of years ago, so I consider myself a newbie.
We went to a feed store that has some little peepers, and I thought it would be...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I grew up around chickens. I always had a pet chicken in my shoulder growing up, and I think I spent most of the year waiting impatiently for spring so we could get more chicks. I loved chickens for a long time, but I only...
Hey all! My name is Boris.
I moved to countryside abouth 3 months ago. I always wanted to have a big garden,chickens and ducks.
Right now I have 40 chicks and 3 ducks. They are all white chicks for meat, but soon I hope Ill get few Australorp for eggs.
I joined here because I know very little...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
About 6 years ago, it started out with "Grand Chickens and Grand Ducks" that belonged to my daughter (aka: The Chicken Whisperer), which I "inherited" last year when her family purchased a place of their own and moved away from our...
Hello, I’m Terry aka NuMama. A Southern California lifer, wishing to be out of here but loving family and animals until then. I have had many animals but no experience with chicks. They are in my charge as a foster parent and I’m quite certain I will need some guidance. I appreciate the...
I am a new member as off yesterday and have a very interesting story as to how we ended up having backyard chickens!!
June 11th me and my family went to a carnival where there was a tiny “petting zoo”. There was a run with chickens, geese and ducks where my mum noticed an egg!! She told the...
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...
Hello everyone! I'm so excited to have an account, and be able to ask questions etc...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
My sister and I got seven chickens (4 female and 3 mixed bantams) as chicks in April 2021. My sister has been wanting chickens for years prior to...
I started a little backwards here. Posted my questions before my intro...oops...
I have been using BYC as a resource for a few years now. Recently had some processing questions I couldn't find answers to so I finally signed up. And everyone has been so helpful!!
I had chickens all growing up...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am new to chickens! I first got my freshly hatched chicks in November 2021.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
6
(3) What breeds do you have?
Hy-line Brown
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No, I’m not new to chickens. When I was very young my mom would get me chick as a seasonal pet because she knows it won’t live long. We lived in the middle of Shanghai city. She didn’t like pets because she thinks they are dirty and...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are very new to chickens. I received an early Mothers Day present in a box with bedding and I had no idea what to do for these chicks! What a shocker!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4
(3) What breeds do you have...
Hi! I am new to BYC and this is my first time beginning to raise chickens. It’s been a long term dream for me but was temporarily put on hold during my husband’s twenty year career in the military. He has since retired from the military and is now working a job that allows us to not move around...
Hi everyone,
We are a family of 3, Work from home Geologist and work from home Engineer with a pre-k kid in Connecticut.
We are new to BYCs and are waiting on our 6 week pullets (2 Easter eggers and 2 Isa Browns) we should have them in about a month! The chickens will be our only pets...
Hi BYC community! New chicken raising enthusiasts with a mixed flock (2 Easter Eggers, 1 Rhode Island Red, 2 Silver Wyandottes, and 1 dark Brahma). We're new to the whole shebang so we're reading, researching, watching our fluffy dinosaurs grow up, and doing our best to keep everyone happy and...
Hello everyone I am a new member,
I have a small farm with about 25 chicken ranging from black Asian to Russian blacks and a few black silkies and Polish silkies, I also have one mean roaster that tries his best to flock you every time going into his barn, lol. I have severely ducks, and 6 pigs...