Hello everyone!

[Jenny K.]

My name is Jenny and I live in north Texas! I have been raising chickens for about 2 years now and I have 18 chickens - 14 hens and 4 roosters! Luckily when my husband and I decided to get chickens, we built a giant coop (known around here as the 'chicken mansion') with a big closed-in run area, so I have plenty of room to add! I have a mixture of silkie bantums, rohde island reds, plymouth rocks, and orpingtons.

I started with 10 baby chicks in 2016 and ended up incubating some eggs last May and got 8 out of 9 eggs hatched successfully!! Pretty good for a first-timer! From my first 10 chicks, I got 3 silkie bantums and 2 out of the 3 ended up being roosters so all of my new chickens that I hatched are half bantum with 2 of the 8 being roosters and they are much bigger than their dad(s). lol When we are home, the chickens are free range on our property so they get plenty of bugs and grass...plus I am always feeding them yummy fruits and veggies! Some of my friends joke that my chickens eat better than they do!

I really look forward to sharing stories with fellow chicken parents and learning all that I can!

 

[sourland]

Hi, Jenny, welcome to BYC. A giant coop is always a great idea. These birds are addictive.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Welcome aboard to BYC family gr8 people tons of information, loads of fun, enjoy shake your tail feathers

 

[Mimiruu]

Hi! Welcome to backyard chicken! =)

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

This is the place to share all your chicken obsessions. Nobody gets it like we do.

Great to have you aboard and welcome to our roost!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Jenny Welcome!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[TexasSam]

Hey welcome

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Including your general location, under your avatar will help other members to give the best advice possible for any future input / questions that you may have.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and welcome to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us.

This video may help with learning how to navigate the new site.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us.