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I always wanted them. Never understood why, but who can explain insanity?
I always wanted them. Never understood why, but who can explain insanity?
Before or After
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to answer the 2nd question...
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
A friend found out about Mad City Chickens and got me and another friend interested. We decided to all get chickens. The chicks arrived and I have all of them! The other 2 "chickened out" on me!
to answer the 2nd question...
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
A friend found out about Mad City Chickens and got me and another friend interested. We decided to all get chickens. The chicks arrived and I have all of them! The other 2 "chickened out" on me!
Before, but it wasn't this BYC, it was the other one, of which I'm still a member.
I had my chickens for ~9 months before I found BYC
A friend offered me 4 chickens that she thought she did not have enough time for. It had never occurred to me to have chickens until she did this. I am so glad she did. They have been a joy.
A friend offered me 4 chickens that she thought she did not have enough time for. It had never occurred to me to have chickens until she did this. I am so glad she did. They have been a joy.
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Looks like almost an even split but most found it after.
I found it after.
got tired of raising gamebirds, needed some birds that were easier to raise and be pets for the kids.
got tired of raising gamebirds, needed some birds that were easier to raise and be pets for the kids.
I was on BYC 3 weeks before my chicks came - i had to do "chicken research"
I got my chickes because gas went up and eggs went to $2.. a dozen and I was determined to protest!!!!!! no matter what the cost of setting up chickens lol
Now they are my "darlings" hehe
I got my chickes because gas went up and eggs went to $2.. a dozen and I was determined to protest!!!!!! no matter what the cost of setting up chickens lol
Now they are my "darlings" hehe
Did you find BYC before or after you got chickens?
I found BYC in Nov 2003 before I got the ducks I wanted. I researched as much as possible so I had a good grounding in how to care for them, housing feeding and general raising. I wanted to be sure I knew what I was getting into. By March 2004, I was ready and I got my first ducks.
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
Who wouldn't want ducks?
I found BYC in Nov 2003 before I got the ducks I wanted. I researched as much as possible so I had a good grounding in how to care for them, housing feeding and general raising. I wanted to be sure I knew what I was getting into. By March 2004, I was ready and I got my first ducks.
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
Who wouldn't want ducks?
Did you find BYC before or after you got chickens?
Before - and I was a lurker for several months before I joined.
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
I grew up on a farm in Maryland, and have always loved learning how to do things they way things used to be done. And I like to know where my food comes from and what's in it. I day dreamed about milking my own cows and making my own butter and cheese. Well, we can't have large animals where we live, but we can have chickens! I had been reading The Encyclopedia of Country Living and had gotten some books out of the library about raising backyard chickens. I Googled some chicken questions and came across BYC (and I've been hooked ever since
.) My DH could see that I was kind of pining for my farm roots, so for Mother's Day this year, he built me a chicken coop! (He calls it the Chicken Hilton and my twins call it the Chick Inn). It has been a looooooong project and we are still working on the run, but it's almost done. We got 10 - day old chicks back in May thinking we surely would loose some due to newbie ignorance, and a few more than we thought we'd need in case some turned out to be roosters, which we didn't want. Well, we managed to raise all 10 safely, and only 1 turned out to be a roo, and 3 out of the 9 just started laying this month
. Thanks to all the great people here on BYC, our first experience of chicken raising has so far, been very rewarding. Thanks everybody!
Before - and I was a lurker for several months before I joined.
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
I grew up on a farm in Maryland, and have always loved learning how to do things they way things used to be done. And I like to know where my food comes from and what's in it. I day dreamed about milking my own cows and making my own butter and cheese. Well, we can't have large animals where we live, but we can have chickens! I had been reading The Encyclopedia of Country Living and had gotten some books out of the library about raising backyard chickens. I Googled some chicken questions and came across BYC (and I've been hooked ever since
Did you find BYC before or after you got chickens?
After... sort of ~ I saw the handsome little devils at the feed store ( they don't make it easy on you, advertized right out there on the billboard ~NEW BABY CHICKS $1.29 ea ~), went in to check them out, decided I would ~ever-so-gently~ break the lovely idea to my patient husband... acted like I sorta knew what I was talking about, (har! I don't think he was fooled!) then had to look up info to back it all up, he actually said "Hmm, I think this might be one of your better ideas"... I started combing the web like mad, and VOILA!!! BYC was FOUND! ;-D
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
Well, afterall, where else was I going to put them? Besides which, I am already sort of dubbed ~Weird~ by those who know me; I homeschool, I am always selling (& buying) stuff on ebay, I cook from scratch, and we heat our home with a woodstove. Shoot, folks in my neighborhood already thought we'd gone off the deep end ~ why not convince them of the truth of it, and have some chickens to show for it too? Besides all that, I am into USEFUL pets, ones that sort of pay for their living. Cats keep away mice, & chickens not only give you eggs, but they taste mighty fine as well! That's a dual purpose pet if I ever heard of one. :-D
~Red
After... sort of ~ I saw the handsome little devils at the feed store ( they don't make it easy on you, advertized right out there on the billboard ~NEW BABY CHICKS $1.29 ea ~), went in to check them out, decided I would ~ever-so-gently~ break the lovely idea to my patient husband... acted like I sorta knew what I was talking about, (har! I don't think he was fooled!) then had to look up info to back it all up, he actually said "Hmm, I think this might be one of your better ideas"... I started combing the web like mad, and VOILA!!! BYC was FOUND! ;-D
What possessed you to put chickens in your backyard?
Well, afterall, where else was I going to put them? Besides which, I am already sort of dubbed ~Weird~ by those who know me; I homeschool, I am always selling (& buying) stuff on ebay, I cook from scratch, and we heat our home with a woodstove. Shoot, folks in my neighborhood already thought we'd gone off the deep end ~ why not convince them of the truth of it, and have some chickens to show for it too? Besides all that, I am into USEFUL pets, ones that sort of pay for their living. Cats keep away mice, & chickens not only give you eggs, but they taste mighty fine as well! That's a dual purpose pet if I ever heard of one. :-D
~Red
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