Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That was kind of yall to reach out!

We are thriving over here. We added over 50 ducks, chickens, geese and guineas this last spring and now we have finally started trying our hand at incubating. We have 4 baby ducklings looking like they are supposed to on day 19. They "should" start hatching around the day after Christmas.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

That sounds like a wonderful Christmas present. Hopefully you get a great hatch.

 

[Birdielee]

I have a few chickens, got some new pullets this spring, first time i ever got hybrids. My buff orpington “Blue” is still my favorite. And my barred rock is horribly pecky because …. I figured out she is blind. I just thought she was a nut. One day i brought them water and she missed it twice, didn’t even reach the water. The third try she dunked her head up to her eyes!! Ok, then. poor thing.

Ellis, my hen I operated on, got taken by a fox quite a while ago. Disappeared without a trace. And a brave little roo also saved his girls from a fox, at his own exoense. This was all probably a year and a half ago. and a Buff orpington took herself out trying to catch a cherry through a fence. ?? She jumped for it and broke her own neck.
That was a weird one.
We overwintered with only 2 hens.

There was a lot of meanness as the new pullets came in but they all get along right now and life in the henhouse ia peaceful.

I’m working hard and playing very little. I have an upholstery business and a worn out hand, i became a Project Manager in 2023, became a Certified Arborist in 2024, and am getting my CDL now. To drive the tree trucks where I work.

I was told i have 1 of 3 chicken permits in my town. I’m grandfathered in, the new laws don’t really allow hardly anyone in town to have chickens. We don’t have enough land

And my kid is higger than me. Size 11 or 12 feet.

 

[Ske1105]

Thanks for checking in!

I'm hoping to be better at posting this year!

 

[Llslwsals]

We have such a vibrant community here at BYC... tons of active friendly members. Of course, life gets busy, so I was thinking it would be fun to start a thread welcoming some of our peeps we haven't heard from in a while.

If that's you, come say hello and let us know what you've been up to.

(if that's not you, feel free to invite peeps you haven't seen in a while and say hi to those that post here)

Im still alive!! Lol

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Im still alive!! Lol

That's good news.

 

[CCsGarden]

That was kind of yall to reach out!

We are thriving over here. We added over 50 ducks, chickens, geese and guineas this last spring and now we have finally started trying our hand at incubating. We have 4 baby ducklings looking like they are supposed to on day 19. They "should" start hatching around the day after Christmas.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Wow! How exciting!

 

[CCsGarden]

Im still alive!! Lol

Yay!

 

[CCsGarden]

Thanks for checking in!

I'm hoping to be better at posting this year!

That would be nice!

 

[Zenhen1]

Wow! How exciting!

Very! Astroid decided Christmas day was better. We are thrilled! Merry Christmas!

 

[Sheryl95228]

Hi Everyone,

Just be really busy this year. Tried my hand at getting baby chicks and raising them instead of buying 4-5 monthly birds.

The babies are a bit of work but I am finding worth the effort. Surprised my grand-kids (7 of them) when they were over for Easter Saturday with my new babies and they loved them. Everyone wanted to hold them. The kids were good with them and everyone survived, including grandma's nerves.

The first batch did so good, I got another batch in August, black Marans and I love them. I think they may just now be starting to lay.

On the April batch I did end up with 2 roos of which one won out. I just call him Big Boy. The other that past I called Little brother. The girls don't get names, except one of the Black Maran's when I figure out which she is is going to be Rogue One, First when I was transferring them to the outside, she got out of the box and lived in the garage for 3 days til I finally found her. Then last week all 4 got out of the pen and 3 were huddled together and got them back in the pen, but Rogue was missing. The next morning when I let the dog out, Rogue was on the wrong side of the fence so Panda, our dog, chased her and Rogue hid in the Trailer barn for a while. Found her finally and got her back to the coop. She happily joined her sisters.

Big Boy is a bossy one but a good Roo so far, he watches his ladies. Come spring 2025 I should have 10 layers or at least 9 actively laying.

So yes its been a busy year.

Happy New Year all!