KelseyCochin

Chirping
Jan 16, 2018
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Belton, SC
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I got my first trio- Bielefelder, Cochin, and Olive Egger about four months ago. I fell in love, so of course it made sense to buy 29 cochin hatchlings and start incubating leghorns and golden comets. Soon I had fifty! I’ve been mostly giving them away or selling them for practically nothing since then. I’ve hatched several extremely successful batches of eggs since, including one duckling who thinks he is a chicken. But don’t fear, I’m buying him a companion or two on Saturday.
Currently, I have my original trio, one adult Silkie hen, a juvenile Silkie, five juvenile Cochins in addition to my first cochin (three of which are bantam, and of those, two are frizzles!), and four chicks of mysterious lineage that I hatched late December.
I joke that I’ve owned practically every vertebrate type besides turtles and crocodilians. This is hyperbole, but I am a tremendous lover of all creatures. I’ve had snakes, geckos, anoles, bearded dragons, fish, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, tree frogs, some invertebrates, and naturally cats and dogs.
Sadly, as part of the repercussions of my divorce nearly three years ago, I had to sell or rehome my exotic pets. I’m still sad, but I know I’ll own a plethora of animals once again. My oldest is allergic to most mammals, so that’s also tragic for us both since she loves critters as much as me.
I’m recently engaged (applause and cheers), and our dream is to own a farm. So I anticipate many feathered friends and tons of other species to come.
I’m a middle school science teacher, and I love introducing my animals and students to each other. They loved my chickens as babies, but they’re a bit intimidated by their current juvenile/young adult size.
 
Welcome to BYC. With all those birds you sound like you’re a “hardened professional,” but I know you’ll still find this site very informative.
Thank you for sharing your critters with the children. I was once a kid who loved and had just about everything, except a snake. My parents wouldn’t have allowed that. Your sharing of the creatures, big and small, will create animal lovers and possible veterinarians in years to come.
We are glad to have you! :frow
 
Hello Kelsey and welcome to BYC

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread

All the best

Pork Pie
 

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