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Hello everyone, I recently found this community on Facebook and it seemed like a perfect place for a beginner. Over the past few weeks, I have had this beautiful daily visitor to my property. I want to think its a rooster? I have no experience but it would be odd I think for a hen to wander...

Hello, I have a few different heritage breeds which I hatch and sell. I have Buff Laced Polish, Splash Pekin Bantams, Gold Dutch Bantams (work in progress, still trying to find hens) and Black Australorps. I show a few of my birds at the local ag show and am hoping to do some more shows soon!

Hello from the Pacific NW ! I’m on an island in the San Juans in Wa state! I have 5 wonderful chickens: 3 1-yr olds & 2 elders: 1 is 12 and 1 is 17+ (adopted!). I’ve had chickens for 12 years (not the same ones!) and have learned a lot , but still have questions! I’ve dropped into BYC multiple...

Hi everyone, my internet tag is tieflinglady so you can call me that or Tief is fine! (1) I am not new to chickens! I grew up on a small farm in rural Louisiana with chickens, horses, pigs, ducks, turtles, bearded dragons, cats and dogs, as well as the Basset hounds my father bred and sold. I...

Hi my name is Tammy. I’m a Physician Assistant for 13 yrs now (Burn-Trauma 3yrs, Neurosurgery 8yrs/Oncologic Plastic Surgery 1yr). I am a single mom of two grown boys, a 3yr old golden doodle (Holly) and two cats (Nico & Mochi). We live in Miami FL & I am new to BYC. Yesterday, I was fortunate...

I am pretty new to chickens still and first acquired 14 baby chicks a few months back. I had no problems out of them other than having too many roosters and a couple of chickens that were kinda buttheads that I decided to rehome to a friend of mine that is able to have her chickens free range...

Hello from SE Minnesota! I found this group multiple times when reading into different things that happen in back yard chicken flocks. I figured it was time to join the chat and forum. We will have had our current flock of 2 roosters and 21 hens as of last September 2023. We now have 9 more...

Hello! My name is Steffany! I have a small homestead in northern Maryland. I have a special interest in growing herbs, and canning! I’ve been keeping chickens for about 3 years now. I have a mixed flock, and literally have a little bit of everything! This spring we incubated our own for the...

I rescued 3 hens 6 months ago (2 recently passed in the last 2 months) and since then, we’ve added 3 new chicks to the flock (so now have a total of 4 chickens!) and we also have 2 rescued ducks. I am excited to learn more. ❤️ Here’s a peek at some of my lovelies!

Hi everyone! I wanted to introduce myself to all the bird lovers out there! -While I haven't owned my own chickens until recently, I have helped care for my family's large flock of various layers and meat birds. I personally prefer to work with the egg layers and not get close to the meat...

Just popping in to say hello! My name is Kaley! I’m a new duck parent, and chickens are soon to come! I’m stoked to be able to learn from everyone here. Thanks for having me!! I’m not great at talking about myself so I’ll use the “sample” for now 😂 (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you...

Hi from upstate NY! My family got our first chicks in spring 2021 from tractor supply and have had so much fun learning and caring for our flock. We started with 4 pullets (2 ISAs and 2 Jersey Giants) and 2 (accidental) cockerels (unknown breed), of which we still have 2 Jersey hens and the 2...

Hi everyone, My name is Amanda and I hatched my first chickens last October from eggs that were given to me. It's been quite the learning curve. I currently have 6 laying hens in my coop on my property. Then another 16 chicks in a brooder... chicken math is real... As far as breeds go I have a...

Hi peeps! I raised my first flock of chickens last July, and my girls are just about to turn 1! My mom and I picked up 6 Buff Orpingtons from Tractor Supply. Sadly, one of our baby chicks had Gapeworm and didn’t make it :( We named her Lucky and buried her under our mulberry tree. As I write...

Hey y’all!! I’m in my 2nd year of raising chickens, and 1st year of hatching!! I’m so excited for this part of the journey! I currently have 4 ISA browns hens- Hershey, Creamsicle, Twix, Reeses 2 Black Stars mix hens- Lola, Trixie 1 Buff Orpington hen- Betty White 1 barred rock mix hen- Ember 1...

I am new to chickens and will be buying some as soon as I get my permit. I want 4 but I think I am only going to be able to have 2 with my cities guidelines. I will get Barred Rock chickens. I am excited to be able to have my own source of food in my own backyard. I am starting the homesteading...

Hi new to this group of chicken enthusiasts! I started my flock about 3 years ago and now I’m a chicken addict! Love my girls I just love how they run to me knowing I have treats. Excellent egg layers.

Hi, I'm Nicole. I'm from Southern Indiana and this is my first flock. The oldest is 6 weeks and the youngest is 4 days. I also just put eggs in an incubator for the first time last night. So, bawls deep all in I guess. I have 13 chicks at the moment. Uhh.... So, yeah. Hi:)

Hello you can call me Stourmy, pronounced just like stormy. I plan to get a small flock of colorful egg layers sometime soon. If I could have as big a flock as I wanted I would own a mixed flock of Easter Eggers, Barred Rock, Sussex, Sex links, Austra White, and Australorps in all the colors...

Hi everyone! My name is Eirikka and I’ve been following BYC since I first started my adventure on April 19, 2022 with only 20 chickens. All because my daughter wanted a few. Move forward to today and I (or we) are complete bird brains. Chicken math is real!!! We currently have over 300...