Hello!
I got my first chickens in 2009.
Right now I have 22 Black Australorps (20 hens and 2 roosters), 9 Muscovy ducks (3 drakes and 6 hens - 1 Chocolate Pied drake, 1 Chocolate drake, 1 Blue Fawn drake, 1 Chocolate Pied hen, 3 Lilac hens, and 2 Blue Fawn hens), 2 Pearl Guineas (a male and a female), and 2 Lavender Guineas (a male and a female).
My favorite reasons for raising poultry are for fun, for pets, for meat, and for eggs.
Some of my hobbies include: raising and watching poultry, cooking, baking, growing a garden, canning, collecting wild berries, storing up for winter, and making cheese.
I have a large family - my mom and dad and I and my 7 siblings - soon to be 8 (or more)!
I found BYC when I was looking up something about poultry and I recently decided to join it! I am very happy that I did!
Haha! I just realized I said this:
"I have a large family - my mom and dad and I and my 7 siblings - soon to be 8 (or more)!"
I meant to say, "I have a large family - my mom and dad and I and my 6 siblings - soon to be 7 (or more)!"
Sometimes when you have that many siblings it is hard to keep track of them all!!!


and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC! 


We are glad you joined this flock!