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  1. CaroCarrots

    Hi so happy to be here!

    Hi! New member from Western MA. I’ve been a long time “lurker” benefiting from all the incredible knowledge in this community. This is always my first stop when I have a chicken question. I have 6 years experience working with chickens in a small farm setting and about 4 years with a backyard...
  2. R

    Introduction

    Hi everyone! My name is Robin and I'm happy to be here. I'm a new chicken owner looking for guidance and friendly discussion regarding these animals I love so much! Onto the questions: 1-Are you new to chickens? When did you get chickens? Yes! I am VERY new to chicken ownership, although I've...
  3. A

    Suburban chicken family

    Hello from Ontario, Canada! We are a suburban family raising 2 Azure Blue chicks. They are 3 weeks old. We have received them 2 weeks ago from our son’s school - they were covering “Green Technologies” and the teacher decided that homesteading is the best thing to teach the kids :), the chicks...
  4. F

    Hello—new here!

    I’ve been reading this forum for years and am excited to finally have joined! The simplest way to share a bit about myself seems to be to answer the template introduction questions. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got our first chickens 11 years ago. My...
  5. H

    New member

    Hello. I am new to chickens and have just raised my first batch and they are 6 months old now. . They should be ready to produce eggs soon I think. flow: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New to chickens. Just got my first ones from babies. (2) How many chickens...
  6. 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...
  7. Desiderio

    New member from Michigan

    Good morning! I have been around this forum for ahwile now, searching for answers to the thousand questions about chickens. We have started our small flock back in 2018, Buff Orpington and a couple of Black Australorp. At the moment we have 11 girls, we are at the edge of town and have a couple...
  8. mariposarecital

    Hi there!

    My name is Joey! :jumpy I've had a liking for chickens for a while, and recently got to raise some babies. I used to have chickens in the past, but due to noise we got them taken away from us. :hit I am on this forum because I lost a beautiful black Silkie a while ago, and I want to hear about...
  9. M

    New member

    We're new to Backyard chickens. :frowWe're getting our coop and everything ready at this time but no chickens yet, 5/2023. We live in a hot arid environment so dealing with heat and all the pests that come with that will be our biggest challenges. We had chickens once before for a few months...
  10. lwolsin

    New member

    Hi! I am a new member from central Georgia. I just started my first backyard flock with 6 ladies :). I have a mix of Easter eggers, cinnamon queens and a white leghorn. Excited to learn from this community
  11. W

    New member

    Hello everyone! I live in WV with my family, my Maine Coon, various rescue cats, 3 Shepherds, a Catahoula Leopard shelter rescue, several breeds of chickens and too many peafowl. I have enjoyed reading articles on this site for years and I'm glad to be joining. Thanks for including me!
  12. T

    Hi! I’m new here!

    I just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve been finding answers to my chicken questions here that others have asked for a few years now but never joined to ask my own questions or to be able to answer others. So I thought it was about time! Lol. I’m a mother of two and an avid chicken lover for...
  13. C

    Hi, I’m Debbie. Fairly new to the chicken world.

    I got my girls October 12, 2023 In the mail. I ordered 10 chicks. They survived the trip from Ohio to Tennessee. I have one each of the following. A Golden buff (name Ginger), a Rhode Island red (Penny), buckeye (Ruby), Blue Ameraucana splash (Angel), Blue Andalusian (Snowflake), Easteregger...
  14. S

    Young and new to backyard chickens

    I recently got a chicken in March. My family found a buff Orpington chicken, we estimate was just about two months old at the time we found her out on the streets in a deserted area so we took her home. My parents also bought two chicks a week ago, but they didn't bother asking about or...
  15. DC_WIngnut

    Our new babies have arrived! Chick behavior related.

    Hello! We are located in NE WI. We just got our first batch of dual purpose chicks. Delaware and Silver Laced Wyandotte breeds. We are brooding them indoors in a “chick tent” for now until the weather warms up more. They will move to our garage with supplemental heat once it’s in the 50’s at...
  16. Kattzombiee

    Newbie Chicken Mama

    Hello! I am a newbie chicken mama out of NE Florida and I am looking forward to being here! :) Hoping to get a little more insight and knowledge here than my local backyard chickens FB groups have been providing (fingers crossed) I am fairly new to chickens, we were given 2 one-two year old...
  17. SinnahSaint

    New Flock in Nova Scotia

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I’m brand new to chicken keeping. The birds have been in my care less than a week but I’ve been learning about chickens as part of my homestead research for many years. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have a very...
  18. Ankaa

    new guy

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes. I hatched and raised my first chicken in February of this year. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have one. She is my emotional support animal. (3) What breeds do you have? She is an Easter Egger. (4)...
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  19. BackroadGirl57

    Hello. I am a new member!

    Hi, I'm new here. Here is a question and answer about me. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first chickens when I was 5. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 5 chickens. (3) What breeds do you have? One Rhode Island Red hen and...
  20. B

    New member

    Hi, we are a new chicken family. We currently have 8 chicks ranging in age from 4 weeks to 2 weeks. We have 3 barred rock, 1 olive Egger, 2 buff orpington, and 2 production blue. We’ve been debating for a while about having chickens. My sister‘s family has chickens and she convinced us to pull...
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