Chiboo
In the Brooder
My name is Brenna, I live in St. Louis, MO and I have a husband, and two kids (Ava 12, Tobey 16) I'm quite intimidated to be surrounded by such experienced chicken owners, but I feel like all I do is google questions and I'd much rather hear directly from all of you than get my info from random sites!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm very new to chickens, we just got our small coop and 4 chickens about 5 weeks ago. One of our pullets, a buff orpington, ended up being a roo so we traded him in for two new chickens just a few days ago
We are keeping the chickens for eggs only.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 5 pullets between 9-13 weeks
(3) What breeds do you have? We have one of each of these: Australorp, Wellsummer, Light Brahma, Blue Silkie, Smooth/Satin Silkie
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Everything I would search would bring up several forums and I have learned so much from reading other people's questions so far!
(5) What are some of your other hobbies? I'm a freelance illustrator/designer so I love to create, but I also enjoy traveling, thrift shopping, gardening, etc
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. Since I have answered most of these already I'll just add that my daughter is also loving our new chicken venture and it's a great way to spend time together. We have a cat, Birdie, who loves to watch the flock from every window in the house.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm very new to chickens, we just got our small coop and 4 chickens about 5 weeks ago. One of our pullets, a buff orpington, ended up being a roo so we traded him in for two new chickens just a few days ago
We are keeping the chickens for eggs only.(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 5 pullets between 9-13 weeks
(3) What breeds do you have? We have one of each of these: Australorp, Wellsummer, Light Brahma, Blue Silkie, Smooth/Satin Silkie
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Everything I would search would bring up several forums and I have learned so much from reading other people's questions so far!
(5) What are some of your other hobbies? I'm a freelance illustrator/designer so I love to create, but I also enjoy traveling, thrift shopping, gardening, etc
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. Since I have answered most of these already I'll just add that my daughter is also loving our new chicken venture and it's a great way to spend time together. We have a cat, Birdie, who loves to watch the flock from every window in the house.

You are going to love it here! Lots of great info and friendly folks. Enjoy those chickens. Share some pictures when you get a chance.