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Chippersnacks

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Oct 24, 2023
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Hello all you fellow chicken loves!

I will always say I'm new to chickens because I always have questions, but I AM new as my husband and I started chicken-ing as of one year ago!

We began with the plan for three chickens, well, by 'plan' I mean we were dreaming of it for years, I saw chicks and we jumped for it. Then I saw there were other breeds available and we jumped again and ended up with 6. One of our loves flew the coop and met an ultimately end :( after her funeral, chicken math calculated we needed another 5 to fill the hole in our hearts.

My Ladies, the original six five :( are Buff Orpington (CreamPuff), Olive Egger/Americana? (Minerva was a rescue), Barred Rock (Xena), RIR (Radish but she should be called MEGAPHONE),and EE (Nugget, as in chicken)

We have five as of yet unnamed; 2 EE, 1 Australorp, 1 Mottled Java, 1 bantam. The last two might be in drag. We will see.

My husband and I work from home so the way to destress is to go outside and sit with the chickens. We love animals and we enjoy gaining the trust of the girls, collecting eggs, and we've even spent our evenings catching grasshoppers to throw to the girls while they are freeranging in the backyard.

Other than that we spend our time playing with our two dogs, playing computer games, watching IT Crowd or Psych, and playing D&D.

I'm here because we are heading into our first winter with the ladies and my husbands handbuilt coop is super great, but I'm always wanting to know beforehand what problems I might face.

Plus, anyone who is ANYONE with a chicken apparently is a member here so I CANT miss out :) Thanks for having me!
 
Evadig said:
Salve (Latin for hello)! I love your interesting flock, especially the Mottled Java (they’re pretty rare, aren’t they?)! :welcome
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They are rare enough for where I am that I took the gamble of maybe hen or roo. I figured if he does have to go, then his breed should ensure he gets a good home. I love Latin!
 
Chippersnacks said:
Hello all you fellow chicken loves!

I will always say I'm new to chickens because I always have questions, but I AM new as my husband and I started chicken-ing as of one year ago!

We began with the plan for three chickens, well, by 'plan' I mean we were dreaming of it for years, I saw chicks and we jumped for it. Then I saw there were other breeds available and we jumped again and ended up with 6. One of our loves flew the coop and met an ultimately end :( after her funeral, chicken math calculated we needed another 5 to fill the hole in our hearts.

My Ladies, the original six five :( are Buff Orpington (CreamPuff), Olive Egger/Americana? (Minerva was a rescue), Barred Rock (Xena), RIR (Radish but she should be called MEGAPHONE),and EE (Nugget, as in chicken)

We have five as of yet unnamed; 2 EE, 1 Australorp, 1 Mottled Java, 1 bantam. The last two might be in drag. We will see.

My husband and I work from home so the way to destress is to go outside and sit with the chickens. We love animals and we enjoy gaining the trust of the girls, collecting eggs, and we've even spent our evenings catching grasshoppers to throw to the girls while they are freeranging in the backyard.

Other than that we spend our time playing with our two dogs, playing computer games, watching IT Crowd or Psych, and playing D&D.

I'm here because we are heading into our first winter with the ladies and my husbands handbuilt coop is super great, but I'm always wanting to know beforehand what problems I might face.

Plus, anyone who is ANYONE with a chicken apparently is a member here so I CANT miss out :) Thanks for having me!
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Welcome to BYC!!
 

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