BackYardChickens.com on "The Wayback Machine" -- Check out the evolution of BYC over time!

[ginasmarans]

I remember when this one was first started and hardly anyone would leave the old BYC. I finally came over and many days only a few people would visit. Lots of hard work and dedication from people much more technically proficient than I has made this site what it is today. Good work, guys!

 

[kathyinmo]

I have tried a few times to look, but keep getting this message:

We were unable to get the robots.txt document to display this page.

The gateway to the live web is not available. Please try again later.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Super-strange... Yeah, that site seems to be experiencing a hiccup at the moment. I'm sure they'll be back up again tomorrow for you to check out. The Wayback Machine site has been around a LONG time...it's like an archive of the internet.

 

[BrattishTaz]

I have tried a few times to look, but keep getting this message:

We were unable to get the robots.txt document to display this page.

The gateway to the live web is not available. Please try again later.

I am getting the same thing.

At first I thought the OP was just trying to make the point that BYC has improved.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I am getting the same thing.

At first I thought the OP was just trying to make the point that BYC has improved.

Yeah, it seems like that site isn't working like it was earlier. Please check it again later. It's definitely a cool thing to see, like a "museum" of the old BYC...

And yeah, I did want to show that this isn't the first time BYC has changed (although some changes have been like adjusting the paint or curtains, and our latest move is comparable to Extreme Makeover Home Edition!

).

When I can get on that site again, I'll take some screenshots of "old BYC" to share with everyone, just in case the Wayback site isn't very stable.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

The Wayback Machine appears to be up and running again, so I took some screenshots for your enjoyment...

Here is the homepage from back in July 2000...

This one is the homepage from September 2001.



And here is one from August 2004... Notice Tudy's...um, er...cousin? neighbor? science experiment? in the upper lefthand corner.

 

[kathyinmo]

"chicken sound file page?" I see that in the first screen shot. What in the world is that?

 

[The Chicken Lady]

"chicken sound file page?" I see that in the first screen shot. What in the world is that?

http://web.archive.org/web/20001017140831/https://www.backyardchickens.com/chickenwavs.html Looks like links to random Foghorn Leghorn sound bytes and chicken sound effects...

There wasn't even a forum back then, just a guestbook. The coop page was the site owner's coop. I don't think Nifty-Chicken was the site owner at the time.

 

[Mom 2em All]

"chicken sound file page?" I see that in the first screen shot. What in the world is that?

I WANT TO HEAR IT!!

"I still say you are the ugliest chicken I ever saw~Foghorn Leghorn....

Nifty, bring back the sound files...lol.

 

[kathyinmo]

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