Hi all! Totally new to chickens!! :)

[Clucking Lovely]

Hey everyone!
Last July I bought a big ol' house out in the country sitting one 1,25 acres of prime chicken real estate

I grew up in the country, i've had an array of farm pets, from goats to horses. Never chickens though.

Sunday, 8 hens came home, along with 2 ducklings

We unfortunately lost one of the hens last night. Ignorance on our part - the dogs got it. Lots of regrets there! Mostly about having dogs.... Kidding, love the mutts, but my whole little wanna-be farmer thing would be much easier if not for them. We've majorly reinforced the fencing since last night to say the least, poor girl.

Aside from chickens and ducks, we share our funny farm with 4 dogs - Layla, a husky mix, Samie a shepherd mix, Tucker a great pyrenees x chicken murderer and Nova a malamute. Also have 2 cats Duster and Pearl-Cat mega pet lovers. Theres also a 4 year old human in here somewhere too. Hes pretty cute, probably gonna keep him

I look forward to chit chatting with all of you. I have so much to learn and Im pretty confident that i've come to the right place

 

[drumstick diva]

I think I just answered another thread of yours.

 

[uncertainty]

Hello; glad you are here on BYC. I am raising my first flock and have found the members here to be very generous with their time and advice. Where are you in la belle province? Long, long ago I lived out on the west island.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - glad that you have joined us. Glad to hear that you are going to keep your little human - no eggs unfortunately, but i guess one free-loader is acceptable

. You may wish to join your country thread - https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/144/canadians-check-in-here.

All the best
CT

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh, I hope the dogs get used to the chickens, not like, chicken food, but more like, ahhh, more pets. :/ Sorry you lost a girl to one of your dogs. I've lost a chicken to a ferrell cat before. Of course, one that I was really looking forward to seeing grown, since it was a Heritage breed.
Good luck on your new adventure where you are. Have fun checking out BYC!

 

[Athaid]

Welcome to BYC, Sorry about your chicken :/ hope the rest of your flock is doing well. Enjoy your stay

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

Sorry to hear about the loss of your hen! Here's some reading for you on dogs+chickens, if you're interested:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=dogs+chickens

As you can see it's quite a popular topic here! But there are loads of tips etc in there. Good luck moving forward!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!