Greetings From the Heartland

Hello - New to chickens and loving every minute of it!! We have 11 Light Brahmas that are six months old. They just started laying a couple weeks ago! So proud of the girls!! Found this site to help w/ some issues we were having that have now been resolved, thanks to you fine folks. Thanks for that!! No more egg eating and they're all laying where they're supposed to! GO GIRLS!! They know how proud of them I am at this point w/ all of the praise and babytalk they get from me when I go out to collect their eggs, which seems to work the best right after dark when they go to roost. We had a bald eagle hanging around today so they had to stay in, but they don't seem to mind. It's still very much winter here and they don't seem to like the cold and wind either.

Looking forward to learning a lot more and hopefully sharing stories, as well.

L.

 

Hi Fellow Newbie!! Yes, this site is awesome! I'd checked it out a couple years ago when I considered adding chickens to the mix, but then never found the time. Now we have the time....
While I love seeing the bald eagles, the chickens surely don't. We have a river behind us, about a mile away, and farm fields all around us that is host to hundreds/thousands of Canada Geese and various ducks at all times the river isn't frozen. I don't see the eagle leaving any time soon, unfortunately. The dogs helps keep them away but they can't be trusted w/ the chickens out. We try to keep an eye on them and I try to make chicken bonding time when they are out. Some seem to enjoy it while the others don't care. lol

 

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!!