Hi! My intro

[N F C]

Hi Ellie, it's nice to have you here with us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi! I'm Ellie. New to chickening and likewise joined. I have no chickens at the moment, planning to get them in the early springtime. Hoping to get Australorps and some Swedish Flower hens; just want to get some friendly hens and likewise, eggs. I'm kinda skittish about the whole neighbor thing but planning on keeping them in a A-Frame tractor in the corners of our property, away from prying eyes. I'm planning on getting about 4-5 hens to start off with; who knows where that'll go, though, according to chicken math. We live on almost an acre of land, just like .1 shy of an acre, which is awesome and pretty rare for the suburb we live in. We have an extensive garden covering almost half of the property.
I also love music, painting, writing, gardening especially, reading, hiking, biking... I won't continue, haha.
I'm the eldest child in a family of 7. Now I know that means not quite a lot of eggs per person in household per week but I need to start somewhere. The whole thing is still quite a novelty to us. We have two cats (looking for suggestions on keeping hens safe from cats, btw? ;-) ) and I work at... let us say, a fast-food restaurant famed for chicken and "My Pleasure". Ha!
I found this site by just searching random things about hens and up your forum came. I think it'll be so helpful! Can't wait to get to know y'all!
À plus tard,
Ellie

Hello welcome to Backyard Chickens

WELCOME TO THE PULSE BEAT OF THE POULTRY COMMUNITY, BACKYARD CHICKENS

 

[drumstick diva]

SALMON FAVEROLLES TEND TO BE DOCILE CHICKENS

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! thanks for joining.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Hi and welcome to BYC!!!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. The Best of Luck with your plans. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska !

 

[Grammy60]

Hello Ellie and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined us.

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Hi! I'm Ellie. New to chickening and likewise joined. I have no chickens at the moment, planning to get them in the early springtime. Hoping to get Australorps and some Swedish Flower hens; just want to get some friendly hens and likewise, eggs. I'm kinda skittish about the whole neighbor thing but planning on keeping them in a A-Frame tractor in the corners of our property, away from prying eyes. I'm planning on getting about 4-5 hens to start off with; who knows where that'll go, though, according to chicken math. We live on almost an acre of land, just like .1 shy of an acre, which is awesome and pretty rare for the suburb we live in. We have an extensive garden covering almost half of the property.
I also love music, painting, writing, gardening especially, reading, hiking, biking... I won't continue, haha.
I'm the eldest child in a family of 7. Now I know that means not quite a lot of eggs per person in household per week but I need to start somewhere. The whole thing is still quite a novelty to us. We have two cats (looking for suggestions on keeping hens safe from cats, btw? ;-) ) and I work at... let us say, a fast-food restaurant famed for chicken and "My Pleasure". Ha!
I found this site by just searching random things about hens and up your forum came. I think it'll be so helpful! Can't wait to get to know y'all!
À plus tard,
Ellie

Welcome to BYC!

 

[janiedoe]

Hi Ellie, welcome to BYC.
I've never had a problem with cats bothering my chickens. Not my own two, or the strays that I occasionally see.
That's not to say that yours won't bother them, and there are other predators to consider too. Make sure that you use hardware cloth and not chicken wire to protect your flock.

 

[STACEYH]

This is Intruder. A feral kitten that found her way into my chicken run/coop. As you can see my ladies don't mind one bit. She gets her share out of the snack tray. If the ladies think she has had enough they will give her a peck. I live in town we have a lot of wild and domestic animals in the yard.Cats mostly walk away.