I'm from Nebraska, lived here my whole life. I'm a farmer, I do corn and beans. Used to have pigs and cattle, thankfully not anymore.
My first chickens were roosters my parents rescued from an egg farm, there were around two-hundred. I was pretty young and don't remember too much about them...
Hello, I am Tom Layman, I have been raising Malaysian Dreams bantams for 20+ yrs. I currently have a flock of 12. I will have to do some downsizing because the chicks have raised my rooster level to 4. I have enjoyed reading the various threads in BYC and opted to join the group!
Hey everyone me and my fiance live in Virginia. So hello to any of my 540 family. We have a small flock of 6 ducks. 4 Cayuga's and 2 Pekins. Looking forward to learning from you guys and helping people with my experiences.
hello all, I am one year into my chicken adventure and I have six total. I have three austrolorps and one Easter egger and two white chickens— leghorns? i love to garden with them by my side.
Hi folks, I've been coming to this community for a number of years to learn more about raising chickens. I've finally joined because I feel like I can now be a legit member with a little flock of my own. In May 2020 I got a straight run of 6 cuties. I ended up with 3M and 3F. They're a barnyard...
Hi this is my first time raising chickens I’m in Albany New York and our city finally passed a law allowing backyard chickens. I have 3 ISA Briwn and 3 Brahma. They are still in brooder and the coop should be finished this weekend. I am so excited!
Hi everyone! My name is Kate and I currently live in a rural area of Upstate NY. My husband Justin and I recently bought our first home in November of 2020 and decided to jump into the chicken life lol. We received barnyard mix hatching eggs from a local friend and sadly only three survived. We...
Hey everyone! We just had our very first hatch four days ago (yah!) from our own chicks..but I'm very curious what they will be.. our roo is a Americauna and we have a variety of hens (these three are the eggs the babies came from)
Rhode Island red
Australorp
ISA brown
I guess I'm very curious...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I just got my own chicks for the first time! I have been around chickens on and off since I was little though.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
9 chicks
(3) What breeds do you have?
Rhode Island Reds, Cuckoo Marans...
Hello,
I’m new to BYC and so glad for the group. I have a lot to learn and feel blessed this site exists. Ive learned so much from this site already.
I’ve wanted a flock for years. I am posting my chicks two weeks ago and now. They sure do grow fast!
I have had chickens off and on for 25 years. Currently I have 6 layers. I am expanding my coop as someone I know is moving and giving me 6 more.
I also have 3 cats and two Aussies. My Aussies are a bit too excited when the girls are free ranging so we usually keep them in when the girls are...
Hello everyone. I’m new on this thread but I figured that this would be the right place for me. I raise chickens for many years and I have just started back again and I acquired some mixed breeds from a friend of mine and I have Decided to create a breed. I have ordered some astronauts and sound...
Hello!! New member here!
Never sure how to start these things so I'm just going to dive into the suggested questions!!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Had a small backyard flock with my family when I was growing up in the city. Now have my own little smallholding...
I live in a pretty layed back part of a growing city. I used to live on a large mountain with an evergreen forest with over sixty chickens. And about six roosters or so. That was my mother's farm.
But that did not work out for us. Most of the people were only there for vacations. So us and a...
Hi there! I’m a new chicken owner in northern Michigan. Our family of six just moved up here for my husbands job and our desire to live out of the city and homestead. We just got our first chicks, and I probably overdid it and ordered too many. The hatchery also sent extras, so we’re totaling at...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Currently on starting year 4 of keeping chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Currently at 7 but about to get 10 more next month.
(3) What breeds do you have?
Black Australorp, Barred Rock, Buff Orpington
(4) What...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes I am new to chickens and I am a first time chicken owner. I first got a chicken around May 2020.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
7 chickens and 3 chicks
(3) What breeds do you have?
3 silkies, 3...
Hello,
We’ve recently moved to Nevada from Arkansas. I grew up knowing a little about raising chickens but I have much more to learn. We do not have much space and weather can get very cold here. I need all the help I can get. My main goal right now is having chickens to provide eggs for our...