Hello, BackYard Chickens Family!

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! thanks for joining us, pleased to meet you.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Having never owned chickens, you sure dove in head first! Wonderful! Sounds like you are really enjoying them, chickens are SO much fun to keep. If you have any questions about them along the way, be sure to ask. Welcome aboard!

 

[doomsie]

@TwoCrows Thank you! Yeah, once we decided the chickens were happening we went all in. I'm in total agreement that they're a blast. So funny and sweet and curious. I'll be sure to reach out if I need help!

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. Quit your job to go live on a farm - that is dedication to farm life. We are honored to have you here as a member of the group.

 

[N F C]

Hi, it's nice to have you here with us!

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi everyone! I'm new to the backyard chickens community, but have lurked here for the past month as my first flock has grown from hatchlings to gangly little teenaged chicks. My whole life I was a suburban kid through and through, I had never so much as seen a chicken in the flesh. Then 2 years ago I quit my job, packed up my car, and went to live on farms for 11 months. I learned everything I possibly could, moved onto a little parcel of land in N Florida, and finally got my very first chickens in February.

I honest to goodness only planned on getting a dozen to start. I found a local homestead that had a variety of few-day-old chicks and got 3 each:

Delaware
Rhode Island Red
Ameraucana
Mystic Onyx

Then a friend offered us 12 more 1-1.5 week chicks on the same day:

3 Buff Orpingtons
9 Barred Rocks

Needless to say, we learned that chicken math is a very real thing.

I have been so grateful to this community for being a wealth of knowledge, compassion, and love. We've had our ups and downs already - we lost one Mystic and one Barred on the same night a couple of weeks back. We had a RIR with constipation issues (so happy to report that with some careful doctoring, she's doing amazing now!) The rest of the chickies are marvelously healthy, beautiful, and have tremendously unique personalities. I'm getting pretty close to being identify whether they're pullets or cockerels!

I consider this to be the beginning of the adventure of a lifetime, and I'm looking forward to sharing it with all of you.

Much love!
doomsie

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. You excel at 'chicken math'.

 

[doomsie]

Welcome. Quit your job to go live on a farm - that is dedication to farm life. We are honored to have you here as a member of the group.

I appreciate the kind words. It's an honor to be here. I can already tell I'm in the right place.

@sourland Is there a graduation up to chicken algebra? I think I'm ready for advanced equations

 

[sourland]

I appreciate the kind words. It's an honor to be here. I can already tell I'm in the right place.

@sourland Is there a graduation up to chicken algebra? I think I'm ready for advanced equations

You are well on the fast track there.

 

[TwoCrows]

I appreciate the kind words. It's an honor to be here. I can already tell I'm in the right place.

@sourland Is there a graduation up to chicken algebra? I think I'm ready for advanced equations

I'd say you are ready for chicken trigonometry by now.