EarlJ
Songster
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Had chickens when I was a kid, then as an adult I inherited my girlfriend's chickens. A once larger flock that has, over the years, diminished to just 2 original hens.
(2) How many poultry beasts do you have right now and what breeds?
The 2 original hens are a Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red, they were joined by a GLW rooster maybe year and a half ago.
To bolster the flock, we got GLWs and Barred Rocks (8 of each still around), along with some ducks (Pekins and Rouens) of which 2 Pekin and 1 Rouen drake, and 1 Rouen lady duck survived.
Then we got Jersey Giant chicks, Silkie chicks, a couple BO chicks, more Pekin ducklings... and hatched ducklings, chicks (own and shipped, guinea keets (own and shipped)...
So the tally now...
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Golden Laced Wyandotte rooster
3 Buff Orpingtons (1 adult, 2 at 2 weeks)
10 Jersey Giants (4 at 5 weeks, 6 at 3 weeks)
11 GLWs (8 adult, 3 hatched yesterday)
2 GLWxBR mutts (3 weeks)
1 GLWxBO mutt (3 weeks)
9 Silkies (2 weeks)
2 Pekin drakes (adult)
4 Pekin ladies (6 weeks)
1 Rouen drake (adult)
1 Rouen lady (adult)
4 Rouen ducklings (4 weeks)
1 Rouen x Pekin (4 weeks)
3 Pearl Guineas (2 male, 1 hen)
6 pearl keets (4 weeks)
And currently 5 days left on incubating lavender guineas (7 still going strong) and 8 more of our own chicken eggs.
Hoping one of the Silkies, Jerseys, and/or GLWs are roos. Our one guy has more ladies than he can manage!
(3) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
I could watch the chicks' antics for hours. I love the suspense of hatching. I like our ineffectively aggressive roo. And the big ladies are funny too.
(4) What are some of your other hobbies?
I play Walking Dead: No Man's Land and sink the rest of my free time into other farm chores. I enjoy building things for the animals.
(5) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I install insulation, or I did before Covid. I haven't actually worked in a few months out of an abundance of caution.
(6) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I got two Nuture Right 360 incubators that had different version numbers, and I was curious what the differences were. BYC was the only place I saw discussion of that. Never heard of BYC before that, and joined shortly thereafter.
Had chickens when I was a kid, then as an adult I inherited my girlfriend's chickens. A once larger flock that has, over the years, diminished to just 2 original hens.
(2) How many poultry beasts do you have right now and what breeds?
The 2 original hens are a Buff Orpington and Rhode Island Red, they were joined by a GLW rooster maybe year and a half ago.
To bolster the flock, we got GLWs and Barred Rocks (8 of each still around), along with some ducks (Pekins and Rouens) of which 2 Pekin and 1 Rouen drake, and 1 Rouen lady duck survived.
Then we got Jersey Giant chicks, Silkie chicks, a couple BO chicks, more Pekin ducklings... and hatched ducklings, chicks (own and shipped, guinea keets (own and shipped)...
So the tally now...
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Golden Laced Wyandotte rooster
3 Buff Orpingtons (1 adult, 2 at 2 weeks)
10 Jersey Giants (4 at 5 weeks, 6 at 3 weeks)
11 GLWs (8 adult, 3 hatched yesterday)
2 GLWxBR mutts (3 weeks)
1 GLWxBO mutt (3 weeks)
9 Silkies (2 weeks)
2 Pekin drakes (adult)
4 Pekin ladies (6 weeks)
1 Rouen drake (adult)
1 Rouen lady (adult)
4 Rouen ducklings (4 weeks)
1 Rouen x Pekin (4 weeks)
3 Pearl Guineas (2 male, 1 hen)
6 pearl keets (4 weeks)
And currently 5 days left on incubating lavender guineas (7 still going strong) and 8 more of our own chicken eggs.
Hoping one of the Silkies, Jerseys, and/or GLWs are roos. Our one guy has more ladies than he can manage!
(3) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
I could watch the chicks' antics for hours. I love the suspense of hatching. I like our ineffectively aggressive roo. And the big ladies are funny too.
(4) What are some of your other hobbies?
I play Walking Dead: No Man's Land and sink the rest of my free time into other farm chores. I enjoy building things for the animals.
(5) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I install insulation, or I did before Covid. I haven't actually worked in a few months out of an abundance of caution.
(6) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I got two Nuture Right 360 incubators that had different version numbers, and I was curious what the differences were. BYC was the only place I saw discussion of that. Never heard of BYC before that, and joined shortly thereafter.
Glad you joined.
