Hello Everyone,
I'm Katy, mid 50s, Australian and living in Victoria. I'm not new to chickens, I've lived with backyard poultry since childhood. I've had a few years without chickens after a disease issue coming from the next-door neighbours's flock. My neighbour no longer keeps any poultry, so during our second lockdown (in the dumpster fire that was last winter) I brought home 4, day-old chicks for company.
Unfortunately two of my chicks grew into roosters. I usually go for the trusty Australorp, but this time I decided on a mix and bought one of each, Platinum Sussex, Voorwerk, Buff Orphington and what was supposed to be a Welsummer, but is actually a Barnevelder. The Barnevelder and the Buff Orphington are the roosters and fine specimens seeking new homes. Council by-laws forbid the keeping of roosters in town.
Favourite aspect of backyard chickens... I love it all. The free turning of my compost heaps, the soil enrichment, the reduced bug load in the veggie garden, and the companionship are all great, but most of all, eggs for the table without supporting commercial egg farming.
As for hobbies, I retired early due to health issues, so I have a lot of hobbies. I keep budgerigars and quail (Coturnix japonica), I craft with both warm and hot glass, (mainly for jewellery setting), polymer clay sculpting, bookbinding, painting (oils, acrylics, encaustics, dry pastels) and I engage in a wide array of fibre and textile based crafts (weave, spin, dye, sew, knit, wet felt). My hobbies tend to rotate and at the moment I am mostly working with fibres and textiles.
Right now the dye pot is on the stove and I am cooking up a new batch of Millennial Pink (avocado skins and seeds) to dye some handspun Lincoln fleece.
My main reason for signing up is connection and sharing with people who have similar interests... without having to use FarceBook.
I'm Katy, mid 50s, Australian and living in Victoria. I'm not new to chickens, I've lived with backyard poultry since childhood. I've had a few years without chickens after a disease issue coming from the next-door neighbours's flock. My neighbour no longer keeps any poultry, so during our second lockdown (in the dumpster fire that was last winter) I brought home 4, day-old chicks for company.
Unfortunately two of my chicks grew into roosters. I usually go for the trusty Australorp, but this time I decided on a mix and bought one of each, Platinum Sussex, Voorwerk, Buff Orphington and what was supposed to be a Welsummer, but is actually a Barnevelder. The Barnevelder and the Buff Orphington are the roosters and fine specimens seeking new homes. Council by-laws forbid the keeping of roosters in town.
Favourite aspect of backyard chickens... I love it all. The free turning of my compost heaps, the soil enrichment, the reduced bug load in the veggie garden, and the companionship are all great, but most of all, eggs for the table without supporting commercial egg farming.
As for hobbies, I retired early due to health issues, so I have a lot of hobbies. I keep budgerigars and quail (Coturnix japonica), I craft with both warm and hot glass, (mainly for jewellery setting), polymer clay sculpting, bookbinding, painting (oils, acrylics, encaustics, dry pastels) and I engage in a wide array of fibre and textile based crafts (weave, spin, dye, sew, knit, wet felt). My hobbies tend to rotate and at the moment I am mostly working with fibres and textiles.
Right now the dye pot is on the stove and I am cooking up a new batch of Millennial Pink (avocado skins and seeds) to dye some handspun Lincoln fleece.
My main reason for signing up is connection and sharing with people who have similar interests... without having to use FarceBook.
Glad you joined.
Hello Katy and welcome to BYC, You found an Awesome poultry Forum to be a part of with many great knowledgeable members who are more then willing to jump in and help you with any questions you may have. 
