Hello from South Louisiana

[Elise Lefort]

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I grew up around chickens, & now that i have my own place i am looking to raise some myself.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
1
(3) What breeds do you have?
I don't know
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
Google
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gardening, sewing
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share
I'm mommy to 3 babies ;& 2 teenage step sons. I have an old cat. I like the homestead life. I'm studying Louisiana notary law.
My neighbor's hen srarted laying eggs in my shed so i got an incubator. My boyfriend, his sons, & I built a brooder. We managed to hatch 1 chick. We have 13 more in the incubation.

 

[Melodychick]

Welcome!

 

[itspebbl]

Congrats on your new chick!! And welcome to BYC! Once your chick is about 6 weeks old, you can post pics on this forum: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/what-breed-or-gender-is-this.15/ and the folks there will be happy to help figure out the breed

 

[sassysarah]

Hello! And, Glad you could join!
Cute little chickie!

 

[Elise Lefort]

Thank you all.

 

[Elise Lefort]

This is the rooster.

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you Elise. Looks like your hen has a bare back(rooster damage ?) If you get her a hen apron, it will help protect her back from further damage. Roosters can handle 10 hens, any less and they can get physically damaged.

 

[Elise Lefort]

Nice to meet you Elise. Looks like your hen has a bare back(rooster damage ?) If you get her a hen apron, it will help protect her back from further damage. Roosters can handle 10 hens, any less and they can get physically damaged.

I'd like to get her one... I did not know about aprons. They are actually my neighbor's chickens but as the chicks hatch in my shed the chicks are mine. They are the last 2 birds he has, tge rest were got by coyotes. They flock with a couple of feral guinea fowl

 

[KaylorFarms]

Hello! Welcome to Byc!! It's great to have you!

 

[Elise Lefort]

Sad news this evening... As I've told, two chickens whom i had named Pop & Corn which flocked through my yard everyday for Corn to lay eggs on a big pink comforter in my shed, Pop being the rooster, & whose eggs I've managed to hatch a couple of...
Well I've just been informed that Corn was killed by a stray dog.
I still have 15 of her eggs in incubator.
I need a new hen... Now Pop it's lonesome but for one guinea fowl... While typing this i was informed that the second fowl was run over.
But all in all i have to look up, we have 2 live chicks. One male, now a couple of weeks old & 1 female, now a couple of days old.