Hi everyone!

[RootedTogetherHomestead]

1. Yes, we are new to chickens. We got our girls on Easter weekend. We had wanted chickens for a while, but couldn't have them at our old house.

2. We have 6 chickens right now. We call our flock, Revhendel. A Lord of the Rings reference.

3. We have 2 Barred Rocks (Butterfly & Midnight), 2 Golden Lace Wyandottes (Marigold & Sunshine), 1 Sapphire Sky/Gem (Violet), and 1 Easter Egger (Lavender).

4. One of our favorite parts of raising backyard chickens is the way it helps us feel more connected to the land. We also enjoy learning. We built our coop from our own blueprints with zero experience. It has been quite the experience. We still have to finish the egg hutch and windows before winter.

5. Our other hobbies are hiking, camping, kayaking, stargazing, gaming, watching movies, gardening, growing houseplants, and cooking. Danielle likes anything artsy, and Rob loves building games.

6. We are a couple (Rob & Danielle) and we live in NE Ohio. We have 2 dogs, Gryffin (brittle) & Zora (b/w), and 2 cats, Kuro (tux) and Kiki (grey). Rob is a software engineer, and Danielle is a therapist-in-training.

7. The week prior to getting our girls, we found the BYC to read about the brooder care and such. Right around that time, we joined because we knew we would eventually have questions and wanted to connect with folks!

 

[MuthaCluckas]

1. Yes, we are new to chickens. We got our girls on Easter weekend. We had wanted chickens for a while, but couldn't have them at our old house.

2. We have 6 chickens right now. We call our flock, Revhendel. A Lord of the Rings reference.

3. We have 2 Barred Rocks (Butterfly & Midnight), 2 Golden Lace Wyandottes (Marigold & Sunshine), 1 Sapphire Sky/Gem (Violet), and 1 Easter Egger (Lavender).

4. One of our favorite parts of raising backyard chickens is the way it helps us feel more connected to the land. We also enjoy learning. We built our coop from our own blueprints with zero experience. It has been quite the experience. We still have to finish the egg hutch and windows before winter.

5. Our other hobbies are hiking, camping, kayaking, stargazing, gaming, watching movies, gardening, growing houseplants, and cooking. Danielle likes anything artsy, and Rob loves building games.

6. We are a couple (Rob & Danielle) and we live in NE Ohio. We have 2 dogs, Gryffin (brittle) & Zora (b/w), and 2 cats, Kuro (tux) and Kiki (grey). Rob is a software engineer, and Danielle is a therapist-in-training.

7. The week prior to getting our girls, we found the BYC to read about the brooder care and such. Right around that time, we joined because we knew we would eventually have questions and wanted to connect with folks!

Welcome to BYC, we're excited to have you guys! There's tons of resources & articles to explore here (along with great people)!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, Rob & Danielle, and welcome to BYC!

Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures!

Here is our Learning Center if you hadn't come upon that yet. There's a ton of articles in there about raising chicks and chickens. If you have questions or issues ever though, just check the Forums from the tab above for one that looks like it fits, and post away.

We're glad you're here!

Edited to add: Keep an eye on our Contests as we just finished up an indoor and outdoor gardening contest, and an art one. There's almost always something going on there, you just have to keep checking, and enter!

 

[TioBollio]

Welcome to the BYC Family!

 

[RootedTogetherHomestead]

Welcome to BYC, we're excited to have you guys! There's tons of resources & articles to explore here (along with great people)!

Thank you, MuthaCluckas! (love the name btw!!)

 

[MuthaCluckas]

Thank you, MuthaCluckas! (love the name btw!!)

Thank you I call my birds 'The Fowl Mouth Flock'

 

[RootedTogetherHomestead]

Hiya, Rob & Danielle, and welcome to BYC!

Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures!

Here is our Learning Center if you hadn't come upon that yet. There's a ton of articles in there about raising chicks and chickens. If you have questions or issues ever though, just check the Forums from the tab above for one that looks like it fits, and post away.

We're glad you're here!

Edited to add: Keep an eye on our Contests as we just finished up an indoor and outdoor gardening contest, and an art one. There's almost always something going on there, you just have to keep checking, and enter!

Thank you for the warm welcome! We are excited to be here. I will absolutely check out the contest!! This community keeps getting more and more awesome the more I learn about it.

 

[RootedTogetherHomestead]

Thank you I call my birds 'The Fowl Mouth Flock'

That is awesome and so funny. We have one bird who would fit right in with your flock. She NEVER stops ******** about things. We can hear her in the house sometimes.

 

[GodLovesU]

You can find your state/country thread here! If you want to learn more about navigating the website you can check it out here. God bless and have a great day!

 

[TioBollio]

That is awesome and so funny. We have one bird who would fit right in with your flock. She NEVER stops b******* about things. We can hear her in the house sometimes.

It sounds like you have all hens right now?
Wait for your first rooster!
Our first coop was right outside our bedroom window. 2:30 in the morning, pitch black and no moon, that $^#^!***< would wake up and start crowing. And crowing. And crowing...
We finally moved back to Texas for a little peace and quiet