Hi everybody!

[RussianPepper]

My name’s Christina, here’s a bit about me:

My chicken history
I’ve had chickens in the past, (about 5 years ago), unfortunately a predator got in and killed all 12 of them. Ive had a break from chickens till now, and I’m going to have 14 new little chicks this March.
I’m expecting:
5 austrolorps
2 buff Orphingtons
1 golden laced Wyandotte
1 silver laced Wyandotte
1 Delaware
1 Ancona
1 Austra White hybrid
1 speckled Sussex
1 Swedish flower hen

Family and friends and I have come up with these names for the 14:
-Avrelle,Amelia, Amarello, Deanna, and Java
-Ginger and Rosie
-Pechenka (means cookie in Russian)
-Minuet
-Anabelle
-Viollete
-Люся (Loose-ya, russian form of Lucy )
-Genevieve
-Anika

Hobbies:
Aside from chickens, I love cats, hiking, computer science, languages (I dabble a lot, I’m only conversational in Russian), and studying nutrition.

Life:
I’ve got two cats, Bella (she thinks she’s the fancy feast cat) and Licorice (she hunts and lives in my shed) both are about 9 and they’ve come to tolerate each other. They’re both outdoor and have chosen to live mostly on opposite sides of the house.
Currently I work as a mechanical/concept Drafter and work under an engineer who does green solutions for waste and converting plants into sustainable cleaner facilities...I love it.
I came across backyard chickens years ago, got the info I needed and carried on, now that I’m getting chickens again I want to be more involved and I’m happy to be on here.

 

[BuffOrps32]

Welcome!

 

[Wezdin]

Welcome to BYC! Great to have you Here! sorry to hear about your loss, hopefully it wont happen again.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUN-omenal community! It sounds like you will have an amazing flock! Love the names! Best wishes and have lots of FUN!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Christina and welcome to BYC. I hope that you enjoy your time here with and good luck with your impending flock.

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in the link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Welcome to our eggcelent flock here at BYC

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome! Glad you decided to join

 

[Shadrach]

Hello RussianPepper.
Welcome to BYC.
I hope you have better luck with the new arrivals.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Christina and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Chickenaddition]

hello Russianpepper! Welcome to the BYC! I too did the same thing. Many years ago I had chickens but also had issues from predators. I have learned from that painful experience and this year I will be having chickens again! I am hoping for the best for both of us! Looking forward to pictures of your flock!