1st year anniversary as chicken owner

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Your flock is gorgeous, so is your territory!

Make yourself at home here and if you have any questions about anything, be sure to ask.

Welcome to our community!

 

[reautography]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Your flock is gorgeous, so is your territory!

Make yourself at home here and if you have any questions about anything, be sure to ask.

Welcome to our community!

Thank you. Much appreciated!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[reautography]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

Thank you. I’ve been surprised by the interaction on here. It’s been amazing compared to other social media. I’m still trying to figure out how to navigate and use this.

 

[DobieLover]

I’m still trying to figure out how to navigate and use this.

You'll get the hang of it soon enough.

 

[N F C]

Hi, congrats on your 1yr anniversary of keeping a flock! Your roosters are so handsome, thanks for sharing a photo.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you here in this Poultry Loving Community.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[triciayoung]

I just joined BYC after a year of owning chickens. I currently have 22 chickens. 8 roosters, 14 hens. I have 1 roo with the ladies and 7 in a bachelor flock. I got a rude introduction to winter rearing since this past winter was one of the longest/coldest I’ve experienced in 25 years. Good news, no one died but a couple did suffer some frostbite on there combs and one on his claws. “Do chicken have large talons?”

I use the deep litter method. It worked great. I only use LED lighting to give my birds a somewhat normal day because I live near the Arctic circle and the worst part of winter we have 4 hours of daylight.

My bird breeds are Australorps, Silverudd’s Blue, Swedish flower, Hedemora, Appenzeller and Bovans.

I love having chickens and feel after a year that I have some knowledge to share but I’m by no means a pro and definitely have a ton to learn.

*photo of a few of my bachelor flock. The others were pecking and snacking.

Welcome. Nice looking boys club you have there.

 

[triciayoung]

Thank you for the welcoming comment. I’ve siphoned a lot of information from here but in the shadows. I figured after one year of success, I could participate. I have yet to deal with ailments or disease or first aid. We’ve been lucky and I hope it continues. I did a lot of research before I got them and tried to prepare the best I could and it paid off.

I told my wife, “if we get too many roosters then we’ll eat ‘em.” Well, I fell in love with them so I looked into how to create a bachelor flock and it was pretty easy. I’m in the slow process of building them a bachelor house/run but they live in a playhouse for now and roam freely until bedtime. Boys will be boys and they fight now and then but never anything more than a school yard fight. They never shut up but my neighbors don’t seem to mind and they’re beautiful and fun to watch. Wife gets a little angry they eat her flowers and dig up her garden but she’ll get over it.

Thanks again for the warm welcome. Very appreciated.

I just love when people keep roosters. I have a rooster only coop/run as well. I have so much fun with my roosters, they have a lot more depth then the hens.