Hi, everybody. I just joined BYC today, though I've been using it as a reference for months now. My in-laws started their own flock of chickens on their property about 18 months ago and I was bitten by the bug during a visit to them. This February and March, I hatched eggs from their flock to start my own backyard flock. I reared 11 chicks between the two hatchings. By some good luck, I got exactly the six hens I'm permitted to keep and so far have had good luck rehoming the roosters, with just one remaining. My in-laws flock is pretty assorted, but the eggs I hatched all came from Easter Eggers and Anconas with the available roosters being Wyandotte, Orpington and Cochin. I have aspirations of raising many kinds of fowl someday as a possible small business. I also hope someday I can have goats and alpacas, among other things. Those plans are on hold as my life has sustained some pretty heavy upheaval lately, but I hope in a year or two those plans will be back on track. I'm glad for all the info I've already learned here and I look forward to learning more still.
