Hello from Three Rivers, California

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Thank you all for the warm welcome. I am so glad to have found a forum of other chicken-lovers.

I have 8 Buckeye hens, and I get about 6 eggs every day. It's such a delight. I plan on expanding my poultry family- going to have another coop and run built and try to raise some Polish and Silkies. I enjoy the company of chickens so very much now that I want to get more. It's like crack, LOL. I even found a chicken toy and those hens love it. I fill it with dried mealworms and it's almost as amusing as when they are given grapes- like a football scrum. My gals even try to follow me out of the run. I have the luxury of having a 3 acre property in the foothills of the Sierras. No crowding here ;-) My hens love to run about with plenty of space in their run- I can't let them roam free because we have predatory wildlife here.

I just know I'm going to get a lot of good info here and "meet" others who have a passion for chickens as I do.

==Mollie
 
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Wow, glad to hear that your Buckeyes are laying machines. I'll probably get 1 or 2 of those myself too.
 
kittiekat said:
Welcome to BYC!

Wow, glad to hear that your Buckeyes are laying machines. I'll probably get 1 or 2 of those myself too.
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Thanks. Yeah, I was really surprised how prolific they are. Of course they're spoiled rotten, but a little love and patience goes a long way. These were production birds from an indoor massive chicken farm and came to me with their legs tied together in the back of a pick-up truck! They've never known sunshine or fresh veg and fruit. It's so fun to see them curious about every new food I introduce to them and they're crazy about pomegranates. In fact, I call it crack for chickens ;-) I get a lot of double-yolked eggs and it's such a delight. My friends always comment how tasty my chicken's eggs are. I know that they are given a variety of things. I even bought them a toy that is filled with dried mealworms. They play football with it. These birds are inquisitive, and sweet tempered (except when they know a pomegranate is on it's way), and are no longer hand-shy. I had to work with them to tame them down and now they even know when I look out my window to check on them, as they all run to the fence to see if I'm going to come out of the house or not.

I feel good that in a way, I've rescued these birds from a pretty dreary life as production birds. And to think that with the taming process, they've have become beloved pets who will live out their lives in security and love. They're no longer the skittish frightened birds that first showed up.

I thought they would quit laying in the winter tems we've had here- but they're laying pattern has not changed at all. Maybe it's the warm oatmeal and fruit breakfasts they get, LOL.
 

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