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We recently moved from the city (where I've lived all my life) to the country. I discovered Backyard Chickens while googling picture and questions about chickens. My husband and I acquired two New Hampshire red hens and a NH red rooster a couple of months ago(shortly after we moved). Two days ago, we lost our minds (something I bet most folks on here can relate to) and came home with 10 more chickens! We are now the proud owners of four new hens: A Black Orpington, a Blue Orpington, an Easter Egger (that's how she was described; she looks an awful lot like pictures I've seen of Amaracaunas); and one that we really aren't sure.... she looks quite a bit like a Lavendar Orpington but has some small buff streaks as well. And then, in the banty pen... we have two black Silkie hens, one buff Silkie hen, one Splash Silkie rooster, one black (ish? splash?) frizzle, and one white frizzle. We are in the process of building runs for the new hens and the banties. I was googling tonight to see if we should be concerned about the Silkies/Frizzles since our temps are dropping into upper 20s tonight. We live in north AL and although our winters are usually mild, we were a bit concerned about the smaller, differently-feathered birds. They are all in the coop together tonight, so should be warm enough; but we may be getting some rain to go with the cold. We do have the option of pulling the coop into the outbuilding/barn area to provide some extra protection for the days when it's both rainy and colder..
 
G’Day from down under joandphil :frow Welcome and Congratulations on your new home and becoming chicken parents!

Fret not, you did not lose your minds, just succumbed to chicken-math .. it gets us all! :p

Not doing winter here in Aus, I can not help with your ‘Silkies in the cold question’ but BYC does have an active Silkie Thread that you might want to post your question on.

Even though you have mentioned your location in your introduction, you might want to add your general location to your profile as this will assist others. Location, climate, season etc can be important factors when members are responding to any questions you may have.

This is a link to Find Your State Thread if you want to pop in there also and say hello.

I do hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

BYC has a Learning Centre and also Topic of the Week articles which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out ;)
 
joandphil said:
We recently moved from the city (where I've lived all my life) to the country. I discovered Backyard Chickens while googling picture and questions about chickens. My husband and I acquired two New Hampshire red hens and a NH red rooster a couple of months ago(shortly after we moved). Two days ago, we lost our minds (something I bet most folks on here can relate to) and came home with 10 more chickens! We are now the proud owners of four new hens: A Black Orpington, a Blue Orpington, an Easter Egger (that's how she was described; she looks an awful lot like pictures I've seen of Amaracaunas); and one that we really aren't sure.... she looks quite a bit like a Lavendar Orpington but has some small buff streaks as well. And then, in the banty pen... we have two black Silkie hens, one buff Silkie hen, one Splash Silkie rooster, one black (ish? splash?) frizzle, and one white frizzle. We are in the process of building runs for the new hens and the banties. I was googling tonight to see if we should be concerned about the Silkies/Frizzles since our temps are dropping into upper 20s tonight. We live in north AL and although our winters are usually mild, we were a bit concerned about the smaller, differently-feathered birds. They are all in the coop together tonight, so should be warm enough; but we may be getting some rain to go with the cold. We do have the option of pulling the coop into the outbuilding/barn area to provide some extra protection for the days when it's both rainy and colder..
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gosh well welcome to Backyard Chickens many a city girl has been converted totally to country life much harder for us country gals to go the other way :gig
 

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