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Hello @hholman11 and a big official welcome :welcome

So glad to have you introduce yourself and your experiences. If you haven't already joined in the past, check out BYC's sister site called BackYard Herds where you can find a ton of folks that know about those herd animals (pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, horses, even bees).

It's never too late to try and build a friendlier flock. Have you looked into clicker training perhaps? It helped our hens rescued as adults become much more sociable and happy to see us.

Have a great day!

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hholman11 said:
Hello!

Although my profile says I have been a member of BYC since 2013, I am hardly ever on here! So, I though it fit that I introduce myself.

As the thread title says, I am a member of District II of Washington State FFA. I am not necessarily new to chickens; However, in comparison to the other livestock I work with, I am not as well versed. I have "raised" chickens since about two or three years ago, when I was gifted with two chicks from a high school biology class. I still own them and they happen to be the friendlier of my flock. The rest of my birds I bought at a poultry auction about a year ago. This adds up to me having 5 chickens, with the auction birds being gold-lace wyandottes and the other two hens being (what I can only assume) a black australorp and some variety of bantam.

I don't have the friendliest flock, due to many mistakes made early on in the process, but I still get eggs which is all I could ask for at this point. I am working on better managing my flock in the future (and hopefully showing my birds at my county fair).

Aside from raising chickens, I also raise other livestock including rabbits, pigs, meat goats, dairy goats, and (hopefully soon!) beef cattle. I show all of these animals at different livestock exhibitions and fairs, which I can say takes most of my time (especially during the summer months). I also serve as president of both my FFA chapter and District (District II).

All that aside, I am glad to finally start becoming active on BYC and I can't wait to start working more with my birds!
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Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you actively posting here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people!
 
HomesteaderWife said:
Hello @hholman11 and a big official welcome :welcome

So glad to have you introduce yourself and your experiences. If you haven't already joined in the past, check out BYC's sister site called BackYard Herds where you can find a ton of folks that know about those herd animals (pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, horses, even bees).

It's never too late to try and build a friendlier flock. Have you looked into clicker training perhaps? It helped our hens rescued as adults become much more sociable and happy to see us.

Have a great day!

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Thanks for the link! I had no idea that there was a sister site.

As for my current flock, I think that my wyandottes will just be on the dinner table pretty soon, regardless of how much their dressing weight is. We've gotten much more than our money's worth from them (Purchased all 3 from a auction which, looking back was rank with disease and biosecurity issues, for a grand total of $8) and they are quite aggressive towards the friendlier two in my flock.
 

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