ArtJuice
In the Brooder
- Aug 10, 2024
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I first got chickens in 2021 as a 17th birthday present and i fell in love with them ever since.
I currently have eight chickens. here's their name, breed, and personalities
2 black australorp hens named Addison and Eliana. I haven't given time to tell the difference between the two of them as far as name-wise but I know one has a smaller comb than the other, neither of them seemed interested with wanting to hang out with me.
2 light brahma hens named Charli and Dixi. The differences between these two are that Charli is more tolerant of humans holding her while Dixi is much more skittish and has a different face structure (she often looks concerned or wide-eyed while charli's expression is much calmer)
a buckeye hen (mistakenly labeled as a wyandotte when we bought her) named Tucky (short for kentucky fried chicken if she didn't behave). this one is the sassy little girl who's brave enough to go get what she wants.
a blue-laced red wyandotte hen named Speckles. she comes in second place for the chickens we held the most when they were developing. she has always been sweet and is so so smart, and is especially clever when I have to catch her after temporarily free-feeding her.
a red frizzle cochin bantam rooster named Digger (because I didn't know digging was a universal chicken thing when we bought them). He used to be the sweetest rooster and I always labeled him as a good boy...until we put the hens in the rooster's coop. now he's a terror but thankfully I've got him to where he isn't always thinking my shoes are monsters.
a birchen cochin bantam hen named Angel. she's the one that comes in first place for the most held and was mom's favorite. we kept her inside because she was the only bantam hen out of ten chickens, and when they shared spaces she was often trampled or bullied in the flock. she's grown really attached to me and can say "love you" in cluck language on command.
honorable mentions:
Red Cochin bantam rooster named Blondie (he was a blonde baby and I didn't know how chickens worked), died July 13th 2022. he was the one I most commonly labeled as 'the butthole', and if you wanted to hold him he would try to peck you until you got him in your hands. is it just me or do all chickens forget to peck you when they're held?
Birchen Cochin bantam rooster named Stormy, died August 9th 2024. he was the one that I always favored because he loved being close to me and we bonded really really strongly. he was the one who always walked up to me when i sat in their run and wanted me to hold him and love on him. I sat in their run today, for the first time in a while, and it was without him. All the other chickens did was stare at me and look sleepy, and after a while Tucky and Charli came up to me to look at and peck at the dirt on my hands from taking care of them.
my favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens is bonding with them. my mom was a veterinary assistant and knows a lot about how to take care of all kinds of animals, but she never took care of chickens before, so it's our first time around and so far they've been a lot of fun.
my other hobbies are drawing and writing stories (it probably explains the length of this post), listening to music, taking care of animals and hanging out with friends (my boyfriend mostly lol)
that's all about me and my chickens, thanks for reading, i love talking about my story stuff too-
I currently have eight chickens. here's their name, breed, and personalities
2 black australorp hens named Addison and Eliana. I haven't given time to tell the difference between the two of them as far as name-wise but I know one has a smaller comb than the other, neither of them seemed interested with wanting to hang out with me.
2 light brahma hens named Charli and Dixi. The differences between these two are that Charli is more tolerant of humans holding her while Dixi is much more skittish and has a different face structure (she often looks concerned or wide-eyed while charli's expression is much calmer)
a buckeye hen (mistakenly labeled as a wyandotte when we bought her) named Tucky (short for kentucky fried chicken if she didn't behave). this one is the sassy little girl who's brave enough to go get what she wants.
a blue-laced red wyandotte hen named Speckles. she comes in second place for the chickens we held the most when they were developing. she has always been sweet and is so so smart, and is especially clever when I have to catch her after temporarily free-feeding her.
a red frizzle cochin bantam rooster named Digger (because I didn't know digging was a universal chicken thing when we bought them). He used to be the sweetest rooster and I always labeled him as a good boy...until we put the hens in the rooster's coop. now he's a terror but thankfully I've got him to where he isn't always thinking my shoes are monsters.
a birchen cochin bantam hen named Angel. she's the one that comes in first place for the most held and was mom's favorite. we kept her inside because she was the only bantam hen out of ten chickens, and when they shared spaces she was often trampled or bullied in the flock. she's grown really attached to me and can say "love you" in cluck language on command.
honorable mentions:
Red Cochin bantam rooster named Blondie (he was a blonde baby and I didn't know how chickens worked), died July 13th 2022. he was the one I most commonly labeled as 'the butthole', and if you wanted to hold him he would try to peck you until you got him in your hands. is it just me or do all chickens forget to peck you when they're held?
Birchen Cochin bantam rooster named Stormy, died August 9th 2024. he was the one that I always favored because he loved being close to me and we bonded really really strongly. he was the one who always walked up to me when i sat in their run and wanted me to hold him and love on him. I sat in their run today, for the first time in a while, and it was without him. All the other chickens did was stare at me and look sleepy, and after a while Tucky and Charli came up to me to look at and peck at the dirt on my hands from taking care of them.
my favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens is bonding with them. my mom was a veterinary assistant and knows a lot about how to take care of all kinds of animals, but she never took care of chickens before, so it's our first time around and so far they've been a lot of fun.
my other hobbies are drawing and writing stories (it probably explains the length of this post), listening to music, taking care of animals and hanging out with friends (my boyfriend mostly lol)
that's all about me and my chickens, thanks for reading, i love talking about my story stuff too-
Again, I'm so sorry about Stormy. I wish you the best! 
