jerischicks
Chirping
- Apr 8, 2021
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I've been enjoying this wonderful forum for the last couple of years, which coincidentally is how long we've had chickens. 
In our case, chickens found us instead of the other way around, though I always wanted chickens. One day, someone abandoned two chickens at the end of our long driveway. Being naive, I put ads in the local papers and online asking if someone lost their chickens; maybe they got out? But no, they were abandoned and needed to be protected. (Thank you to whoever that was, it's how my husband found out he loves chickens, making it possible for me to finally have a flock or our own.)
That was back in January 2019. We immediately bought a small coop and managed to lure them inside. (That was our first learning curve - how to get them into a coop after being traumatized by being dumped.) Then came a few months of intensively trying to learn all things chicken. That's when, doing internet searches, I discovered BYC. This forum has been SO helpful in so many respects. Of course, education is always on going, as there is always more to learn.
Long story short, we now have eleven chickens, three coops and a huge enclosure for them in part of our yard.
We started out with a Maran and an Australop. We've added two barred cochins (one turned out to be a rooster- Tyrannosaurs Pecks), two Colombian Wyandottes, one Buff Orpington, two Americana, and two Speckled Sussex, Like potato chips, you can't just have one...... I want at least four more, which will happen next spring. My husband and I both want more cochins... they're just fun and so cute. But that said, I love them all and it seems every chicken I see interests me. We'll see what spring brings.
The one thing about chickens I would love and can't do, would be to let one of the hens hatch chicks. However, having more than one rooster seems too risky and I don't want to have to be one of the many advertising a 'free' rooster, not knowing if he would be safe and happy.
Aside from our pet chickens, we also have two indoor Ragdoll cats, two outdoor feral cats that adopted us - but remain just out of reach, and a small heard of deer and turkeys that have insisted in relandscaping our 2 1/2 acres.
Thank you everyone who belongs and contributes to this awesome site, you have been helpful beyond words.
In our case, chickens found us instead of the other way around, though I always wanted chickens. One day, someone abandoned two chickens at the end of our long driveway. Being naive, I put ads in the local papers and online asking if someone lost their chickens; maybe they got out? But no, they were abandoned and needed to be protected. (Thank you to whoever that was, it's how my husband found out he loves chickens, making it possible for me to finally have a flock or our own.)
That was back in January 2019. We immediately bought a small coop and managed to lure them inside. (That was our first learning curve - how to get them into a coop after being traumatized by being dumped.) Then came a few months of intensively trying to learn all things chicken. That's when, doing internet searches, I discovered BYC. This forum has been SO helpful in so many respects. Of course, education is always on going, as there is always more to learn.
Long story short, we now have eleven chickens, three coops and a huge enclosure for them in part of our yard.
We started out with a Maran and an Australop. We've added two barred cochins (one turned out to be a rooster- Tyrannosaurs Pecks), two Colombian Wyandottes, one Buff Orpington, two Americana, and two Speckled Sussex, Like potato chips, you can't just have one...... I want at least four more, which will happen next spring. My husband and I both want more cochins... they're just fun and so cute. But that said, I love them all and it seems every chicken I see interests me. We'll see what spring brings.
The one thing about chickens I would love and can't do, would be to let one of the hens hatch chicks. However, having more than one rooster seems too risky and I don't want to have to be one of the many advertising a 'free' rooster, not knowing if he would be safe and happy.
Aside from our pet chickens, we also have two indoor Ragdoll cats, two outdoor feral cats that adopted us - but remain just out of reach, and a small heard of deer and turkeys that have insisted in relandscaping our 2 1/2 acres.
Thank you everyone who belongs and contributes to this awesome site, you have been helpful beyond words.
Hello and welcome to BYC, You found an Amazing Poultry Community to be a part of with many great knowledgeable members, who are more then willing to jump in and help you along your journey with any questions you may have. 
Glad you joined.
