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  1. N

    Hello everyone

    Hi everyone! I hope everyone is well and prosperous. So my name is Lindsay but I represent my family, the Thompson family. New to homesteading, we only have about a year and a half experience. Our first animals we chickens which we purchased from tractor supply, about 6 of them. We were able...
  2. JohnsterSpacePoultrygram

    A new beginner from Connecticut

    Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm new to this site, and my family is going to start raising their first chickens and ducks in just a few weeks from now. We are getting them as day-olds from Metzer Farms and My Pet Chicken. For the chickens, we've decided on getting some bantams and standard size...
  3. gquiltbird

    Hi!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Relatively new myself, as I have only had my recent chickens for about 9 months which I hatched out of an incubator. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 but currently have a clucky hen sitting on 7 eggs and 14 more in my...
  4. M

    Hi from Nebraska

    Well for starters I’m new here. Hello! My family and I have the usual cat and dogs and then dove into exotic pets like reptiles to add to our family…. At some point if expanded to wanting to add livestock to our lives. So we started diving into the life of backyard farming. We have a flock of...
  5. B

    just joined :)

    hi i just joined this forum so excited to meet everyone, unfortunately today might be my last day joining coz we’re giving our chickens away after an attack :(
  6. S

    Newbie here

    Hi all! We just bought our first small farm in central Indiana and although we’ve never raised chickens, the existing coop and run somewhat sealed the deal for us. Excited to learn where/how to start! We want to raise healthy happy chickens!
  7. V

    New to BY chickens, perch question

    Hi, my name is Vicki and I am new to backyard chickens. I helped my roomies in California care for 20-30 chickens for a couple of years and found them fascinating. I am in Texas now and I got barred-rock chicks this spring. I raised 8 chicks and gave 5 to a farmer friend. I kept just 3 for...
  8. Aprilxoxo

    Common knowledge that an inexperienced person should know?

    Hi everyone I own a very small flock (2 turkeys, 4 chickens, some quail and recently newly hatched chicks) I am very new still to owning poultry and theres alot i do not know, but when i initially decided to get them i did alot of researching of what they needed, diseases, common problems, how...
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  9. PrincessTee

    New to raising chicks

    Okay, so I'm completely new when it comes to raising chick's. I've done weeks of research etc but some things you just learn by doing. This leads me to ask, my chick's are about 3 days old and I can see their little feathers starting to come in. I noticed that multiple of them were almost I'm...
  10. PrincessTee

    Introduction

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am completely new to chickens our first half dozen arrive August 18th (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0 (3) What breeds do you have? we will have buff orpingtons (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising...
  11. PrincessTee

    New raising buff opringtons

    My family and I have ordered half a dozen buff orpingtons hoping to raise them for dual purpose. I have done hours of research but can't seem to find an answer to my question regarding feed. We would like our orpingtons to be layers but eventually use them at our dinner table. Are there any...
  12. C

    I need help identifying silkie roosters

    Hi, I just got some silkie roosters a couple of weeks back and was told they were buffs but the more I look at them the more I'm not sure. Does anybody know what color they could be?
  13. M

    Hello, I’m glad to be here!

    Hello! I’m so excited to be a part of BYC! I’m on the FB page and have come here for help in the past, so I’m excited to finally join in on all the chicken fun. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, we bought our first chicks in March and we...
  14. M

    Hello from Colorado

    Hello all, new to byc but I’ve had chickens off and on forever. Now I want my little children to eat healthy eggs and learn about livestock. Just got quail and we are learning to incubate them! Excited to learn what I can here!
  15. knoturavggrl

    New to chickens from Southern OH

    (1) Are you new to chickens? Yes, totally new to raising chickens though I currently may be considered a Utube professional due to sheer volume of videos I have been watching on raising chickens! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None currently but we are getting 10 chicks from...
  16. Z

    Threat of Salmonella & Your experiences

    Hey everyone! New to chicks and chickens. Ive read handling them can be a vector for salmonella - have you experienced this with yourself? with your children? Im vigilant and wash hands after handling and hand sanitizer if changing water/adding food Any anecdotal experience and advice is...
  17. creedatticus

    wasps and spiders

    barfhow do you keep wasps and spiders from living in the chicken coop? i live in utah where there are lots of both. there is already a wasp nest in a little bin where we put shaving and food, and there are a few strands of spider webs that i got rid of with the hose, and it has only been built...
  18. C

    Basement Coop, outdoor run?

    We are looking for the cheapest possible way to start with chickens for eggs (10 Barred Rocks hens is the plan). We have a split basement, one side accessible from the house and the other only accessible from outside. We were thinking of turning the outside access basement to a coop area. It is...
  19. MimiRatt

    Hi! I’m new!

    I started raising chickens last year, maybe nine months ago, and it’s been an adventure with a lot of ups and downs. I love it, overall. We have four hens and a rooster, three Rhode Island reds, two black australorpes (I am sorry, I have no clue how to spell that). We also have fourteen chicks...
  20. Akihimeko

    New here

    Hello I'm new to this site I currently have adult chicken ( I have 4 chickens; one rooster named grey(we this is an Americana, than bantam and red ( I forget the breed name) and yellow (golden lace wing) but this is my first time hathing eggs in an incubator and just trying to figure out what I...
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