Hi Folks

[chrissynemetz]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! We're so happy to have you with us!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC.

 

[N F C]

Hello, thanks for joining us. I agree with @janiedoe, it would be great to see pictures of your art (if you care to share)!

 

[The cheek coop]

Welcome to the flock!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, welcome to BYC! Nice to meet you, so glad you joined us.

 

[triciayoung]

We got our first batch of chicks in March of 2020. We've had two more waves of chicks, including our babies from this year, who are getting ready to join the flock soon.

We've got 8 hens currently.

• Petunia - 4 years - Light Brahma
• Eleanor - 4 years - Midnight Majesty Marans
• Winnifred - 3 years - Easter Egger (in my profile photo)
• Henrietta - 3 years - Barred Rock
• Ruby - unknown - Gold Laced Wyndotta
• Adelaide - 2 months - French Black Copper Marans
• Dorothy - 2 months - Sapphire Olive Egger
• Roxanne - 2 months - Rhode Island Red

Our girls who passed:

• Martha - Olive Egger - died around 7 months, we think some kind of congenital illness
• Penny - Buff Orpington - sudden death around 2 years
• Sadie - Olive Egger - fly strike around 1.5 years, no idea that could even happen, it's a truly horrifying way to go

Miss Ruby is our rescue chicken. We had the awesome opportunity to rescue her from a construction site. She was pretty beat up, but she's a resilient little lady, and is now a happy, healthy member of our flock.

I love all animals, but fowl especially. There's something about a giant bird that just defies logic. You can't watch a chicken and not smile. I mean, they don't even have arms. It's hilarious.

By day I'm a software engineer, and my husband is a pastor. But we're big into our hobbies. I'm a fibre artist. I process my own fleeces, grow a dye garden, dye the fleece with the flowers, spin the yarn, and knit or weave it into garments. My husband has a large vegetable garden, cans and cooks, ferments anything he can, and is a woodworker. We have a deaf, middle-aged cat named Ethyl, and a 4 year old dog named Otis. In the future, we look forward to adding ducks, bees, goats (cheese & fibre), and sheep (fibre). Maybe even a horse or two some day.

Despite my career, I don't really use social media or the internet at all, so this is kind of strange for me. But I've really enjoyed learning from this community, and hope I can contribute something too. Chickens are fragile, but it's soo cool when you can find ways to help them thrive.

Welcome. I am so sorry for your losses. It had to have been devestating.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and welcome to BYC