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Hi All, My name is Marissa and I'm excited to be a part of this community :) 1. Are you new to chickens/when did you first get chickens? I'm fairly new to the wonderful world of chickens. My younger brother has 5 pet chickens in our backyard that he's had since 2018. To be honest, I was...

Hi, I'm a relatively new chicken owner (had some as a kid, don't remember much) and we got ahold of about 14 buff brahmas(unsexed chicks so that will be fun). We've got them for eggs and meat, but will likely have fun with the chickens until the time comes. The wife and I have about 8.5 acres of...

My wife (Callie) and I (Hunter) bought our first flock of day-old chicks in early 2021, a few months after getting married. I grew up raising chickens from pullets, but raising from day-olds was new to me. Raising chickens in general was new to Callie, so it has been a fun adventure for both...

Hi! I am new to raising chickens and needing to learn the best ways to look after them. I have a mixed flock of 8 hens and 2 roosters (hoping they keep getting along until next summer when I can add to my flock!) I have 4 Red Stars, 2 white leghorn and 4 Speckled Sussex.

Hello!!! So glad to be here! 1)looking to get chicks in the spring, never had any before. (2) Looking forward to learning a new hobby, as well as having a self sufficient back yard farm. (3) I love crafting, currently rebuilding my old Dodge truck, cooking and baking. (4) I am a RN in...

Hi everyone! My partner and I are super excited to join this community - and to be new chicken owners! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new to chickens! Our chickens are eight weeks old this week, and we have had them since week 1 (2) How many chickens...

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Hello! My name is Emma and I’ve been keeping chickens for about 6 years now. I used to rescue chickens, but now I mostly just buy feed store chicks to raise because I haven’t come across a rescue in need of a home in a while. Right now I have four beautiful girls: a Delaware named Fiona, an...

Hi poultry people! Are there any other Rick Riordan fans on this page? I hope this can be a nice little chat group for people who like Rick Riordan books (the mythology ones) and poultry! 1 God based exclamations discouraged ! I have nothing against those religions but it should be fun to use...

Hi all, I have just joined this amazing helpful community, after having so many questions as a noob chicken owner, for example, is my Erina actually and Eric? What the heck is that in the poop? And, Can I introduce my dogs to my chickens? If so how? I found that this website had the most...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? When I was a kid we had chickens as pets and for eggs. We had one big flock and added to it as we came by chickens. We had many different breeds and made our own incubator and hatched our own chicks. At one point I'm pretty sure we...

Hi everyone, I’ve just joined your community and wanted to introduce myself if that’s okay? I’m so new to chickens that I don’t actually have them yet... we’re rescuing 6-8 ex-battery hens here in the UK in the next month or so but first I need to get everything ready for them. I’m...

One thing people love is the feeling that people are paying attention to them and really do want what is best for them. Unique posts are more welcoming and friendly, especially if you ask questions!I Almost everybody's favorite subject is themselves, but on BYC, it is themselves and their...

Just wanted to say a quick (or not so quick) hello to the BYC community. I’ve been a long time stalker and borrower of ideas from this fab site. I live in Scotland with the family and we are all chicken lovers. My partner has kept chickens for 8 years and I’ve always helped out looking after...

Hi there! Meet our Flock! We have chickens and ducks in our little island backyard here in Texas! First off we have Duchess, who has actually gone to live with a different flock but I absolutely love this picture of him and my daughter, so I am sharing it anyways. Next up we have Jimini and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Five years ago, I was celebrating my birthday with my family, and my little sister had to be picked up from school. She was in her gardening class, and I went in to pick her up. When I walked into the garden, the first thing that...

We are homesteading in MO and entering year 3; we are in the later stages of building a house. Thank you for the addition. I am the sort of city boy and she grew up on the farm. If you think of Green Acres, I am like Lisa and she is like Oliver. :) We are starting chickens and ducks (no...

Greetings, My name is Imani and I am a widow of a veteran and home schooling mother of 6. Our family began this poultry journey a few years ago as our eldest daughter's affinity for animals blossomed. Shortly after moving into our one acre of urban bliss, our community gifted her a coop and a...

(1) Are you new to turkeys / when did you first get turkeys? I'm fairly new to having my turkeys. I got my first one in December of last year. (2) How many turkeys do you have right now? I currently have two turkeys, a hen named Donnatella and a Tom named Harrison. (3) What are your favorite...

I'm Ernie Hawkins living in the mountains near Asheville NC. I am new to chicks as of April this year 2019. I started with 5 Ameraucana chicks 1 weeks old from the local Feed/seed. They were supposed to be all hens, but after naming the small one Chicken Little, he's now at 5 months the largest...