Hello everyone!
I'm so eggcited (ha ha) to have found this website. I came on looking for an answer for a hen I have with bad eyesight. She pecks about an inch to the right of whatever treat she is after. I immediately found someone with the same problem which gave me comfort in knowing my Eggberta (my 12 year old named her) is not alone. I give her treats while holding her out of a condiments cup while my others dive bomb the treats on the ground. She manages to get a treat and has quickly become a favorite.
Anyway...
My name is Barbara (Or Barb) and we have just joined the chicken adventure about 3 months ago with 8 chickies picked up at Atwoods. My oldest who is 15 has decided she wants to raise chickens for their eggs. We live on 5 acres in a housing development type area so we have hoped to only have all hens out of the 8 we purchased. SO far...6 hens and 2 roos...we think?
Their names....given to them by my 12 (Hannah) and 15 year old (Kaitlin)...who both decided they wanted to try their hand at farming and raise their own chickens for eggs are:
Wilbert (a roo)
Shelly (also a roo but the names now stuck)
Henrietta (hen)
Clementine (hen)
Eggberta (hen)
Yolko (hen)
Tyra (hen)
and Nugget who is also a hen...and only named that because she's a beautiful gold color with no intentions of eating her.
Hopefully those are sexed correctly. Only the top two crow at the moment. They have all been picked up and played with since their chickie days so they follow us around like we are their mummas. They have quickly become a part of our family. We just moved them into the coop my husband built about a week ago and I think they've settled in. (They had been in our garage in a large wired dog crate.) They free range during the day and they put themselves to bed at night when I go out to close up the coop. We plan on building a pen around their coop shortly but until then they help me in the vegetable garden trying to tame the grasshoppers. I am still looking for ideas on how to make their home cozy. I have one big tree branch inside as well their nesting boxes. I have a bucket with nipples for their water and a food bucket. It seems bare but I'm always looking at Pinterest for ideas and I'm sure I'll be adding on. Their coop is painted barn red with black trim...the inside is soon to be a soft yellow. I put laminate square tiles down for the flooring and have shavings on top but i still have questions on how to clean it daily? or monthly it seems? or even twice a year. That part still has me baffled but I figure it's a learning process and I'll figure out what works best? (as well as searching this site for ideas...my goal after I finish this.)
We currently have 2 horses, 8 chickens and 2 dogs and 4 barn cats. The cats amazingly enough treat the chickens with respect and keep their distance. The chickens tend to be curious of the cats and get too close for the cat's comfort. We are all getting adjusted to each other and are ready to begin this journey of owning chickens.
So...that's a bit about us. I wanted to say Hi and I'm sure you'll be seeing me quite a bit on here.
I'm so eggcited (ha ha) to have found this website. I came on looking for an answer for a hen I have with bad eyesight. She pecks about an inch to the right of whatever treat she is after. I immediately found someone with the same problem which gave me comfort in knowing my Eggberta (my 12 year old named her) is not alone. I give her treats while holding her out of a condiments cup while my others dive bomb the treats on the ground. She manages to get a treat and has quickly become a favorite.
Anyway...
My name is Barbara (Or Barb) and we have just joined the chicken adventure about 3 months ago with 8 chickies picked up at Atwoods. My oldest who is 15 has decided she wants to raise chickens for their eggs. We live on 5 acres in a housing development type area so we have hoped to only have all hens out of the 8 we purchased. SO far...6 hens and 2 roos...we think?
Their names....given to them by my 12 (Hannah) and 15 year old (Kaitlin)...who both decided they wanted to try their hand at farming and raise their own chickens for eggs are:
Wilbert (a roo)
Shelly (also a roo but the names now stuck)
Henrietta (hen)
Clementine (hen)
Eggberta (hen)
Yolko (hen)
Tyra (hen)
and Nugget who is also a hen...and only named that because she's a beautiful gold color with no intentions of eating her.
Hopefully those are sexed correctly. Only the top two crow at the moment. They have all been picked up and played with since their chickie days so they follow us around like we are their mummas. They have quickly become a part of our family. We just moved them into the coop my husband built about a week ago and I think they've settled in. (They had been in our garage in a large wired dog crate.) They free range during the day and they put themselves to bed at night when I go out to close up the coop. We plan on building a pen around their coop shortly but until then they help me in the vegetable garden trying to tame the grasshoppers. I am still looking for ideas on how to make their home cozy. I have one big tree branch inside as well their nesting boxes. I have a bucket with nipples for their water and a food bucket. It seems bare but I'm always looking at Pinterest for ideas and I'm sure I'll be adding on. Their coop is painted barn red with black trim...the inside is soon to be a soft yellow. I put laminate square tiles down for the flooring and have shavings on top but i still have questions on how to clean it daily? or monthly it seems? or even twice a year. That part still has me baffled but I figure it's a learning process and I'll figure out what works best? (as well as searching this site for ideas...my goal after I finish this.
)We currently have 2 horses, 8 chickens and 2 dogs and 4 barn cats. The cats amazingly enough treat the chickens with respect and keep their distance. The chickens tend to be curious of the cats and get too close for the cat's comfort. We are all getting adjusted to each other and are ready to begin this journey of owning chickens.
So...that's a bit about us. I wanted to say Hi and I'm sure you'll be seeing me quite a bit on here.
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and Welcome To BYC! Sounds like you have a nice little flock started! If you want to try figuring out what your birds are you could post pictures in the What Breed/ Gender forum 
