Hi all

[pignjig72]

My name is Jerry and I'm from Piney Flats, TN. I have a small flock of 3 Cuckoo Marans, 3 Light Brahmas (these 6 are 5 months old, 1 what I believe is a 1 yr old Blue Cochin Hen, and 1 Barred Rock Rooster. The latter 2 I just recently received from my mother in law. One of my Marans have just started to lay, 2 small eggs in the past week. I've had the Cochin for 3 days now and have 2 eggs from her. I'm 43 yrs old and just recently got back into raising chickens, I raised 4-h chickens when I was younger. People thinks I'm crazy when I talk about my girls, but that's ok. Nice to be here and thanks for having me.

 

[Spookwriter]

Hello Jerry.

Piney Flats...? Over by Bristol, isn't it? Nascar race
and all that,

At 43, you're probably past the 4-H stage of chickens.
But they're still fun. You'll get right back to it.

Thanks for joining, and come over over to the forums.
You'll find a lot of information there when you need a
question answered and well, you'll just find a lot of friends
ready to welcome you.

Spook

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi Jerry

Glad you could join the flock! That's a lovely flock you have there! Congrats on the eggs It's always nice to find those little treasures in the nest box. Be sure to ask any questions that you may have, everyone here to help and very friendly.

Enjoy BYC and all the chicken chat

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC, Jerry. Glad you decided to join our flock. If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.

 

[shober]

Hello Jerry and welcome! Sounds like you have a very lovely little flock!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Jerry and welcome to BYC - glad that you have joined us. Don't worry about talking to your chickens - its very normal here at BYC so please make yourself at home with us here at BYC.

All the best
CT

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you Jerry, hope you enjoy Backyard chickens as much as we do.

 

[Bluechick2u]

Hi Jerry, you're not alone in talking to and about your hens. I have "friends" that I suspect come over just to go feed treats to my girls. And my petsitter goes grocery shopping just for them, getting them nice greens or juicy worms or dried fruit.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

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

 

[doc637]

Jerry,
Welcome to BYC! Glad you joined us. I also recommend checking in with your local state thread and meet some local peeps- https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you