Hello, I'm joining you from Hanford ,CA. I got into chickens accidentally when a friend gave our kids 6 chicks. I guess you could say that we kinda went chicken crazy and soon found ourselves ankle deep in chickens. We've had chickens for about 7 years now and the kids show in 4h. As a former small animal technician, we always find ourselves with plenty of rejects for pets including a 15 year old goose with a bum foot and wing, another goose who walks all goofy and cant open her wings completely. We have several cats, 3 are special needs (the worst one was hit by a car and survived but her eyes dont really work so good anymore, and one other slow cat is the best gopher hunter you could find!) I also have 3 ragdoll cats and several stray/rescued kitties. We have couple of old rescued pound puppies and one really cool cattle dog that was headed to the pound only to steal my heart and win last years dog agility competition with my daughter at the county fair! (All cats and dogs hereare spayed and neutered, just one small contribution to better lives for these guys and no more mouths to feed for us!) We currently have about 50 chickens, my favorites being Faverolles, Silkies, Belgian Bearded D'anvers and Cochins. I like to keep marans and americanas for the colored eggs too. We have a 3 goats, 2 nigerian and a nubian, a rat, a rabbit, 3 doves, muscovies and a pair of call ducks. Oh yeah and 4 kids and a hubby too. I found this little site and got excited about all the other animal people here. I hope to make some friends here Kat the ragdoll cat lady
