Been lurking here for a while, mostly reading through threads on illness and feeding. I've been researching and prepping for the arrival of my girls. I'll be adopting some ex-cage hens (12-18 months old) some time in the next few weeks, whenever the business owner decides they've dropped production enough to no longer be financially viable.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Pretty new. My mom had a few for several years when she lived out in the country, but I didn't live with her, so it hardly counts.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
None right now, planning to adopt four... but I've set up for six so we'll see if my resolve can hold come adoption day.
(3) What breeds do you have?
I'm guessing they'll be hybrids.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
The Google, while doing my research.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gaming, geeky TV, cooking (I work in catering), quite enjoying turning my garden into something nicer than the plain lawns we had when we moved in... though the back currently looks like a builder's yard. It's a work in progress!
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I've got three house rabbits, one with additional needs who eats up a lot of time. I know more about rabbit health and medicine than many people know about human! Currently work in a dinky little church cafe and catering company. We do weddings, birthdays, funerals, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, HUGE (400 people) canape and wine events, small and intimate silver service dinners... but the boss is retiring in the next few years so I'm taking it as a chance to change career and am doing some animal care courses, and a HND in veterinary reception work, with an eye to get in at that level and work up to vet tech. Bit late to get into nursing or surgery, plus I am hella emotional. I'd be a wreck after the first euthanasia or loss >_<
I live in the suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland, but like most of Edinburgh we're a ten minute walk from woods, parks, and a wildlife sanctuary. We've even got a little river flowing through our new build estate. Friends call me Dr Doolittle because I'm constantly finding and helping injured animals... or they wander into my house. Found a newt mooching about in the kitchen once. Most people in the UK, especially living in suburbs have never even see a newt, but there it was, just sitting on my kitchen floor.
So, that's me. Wish me look with my ex-cage girls when they arrive. They're going to have had a garbage life, and sometimes just moving into a new home is enough to kill them
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Pretty new. My mom had a few for several years when she lived out in the country, but I didn't live with her, so it hardly counts.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
None right now, planning to adopt four... but I've set up for six so we'll see if my resolve can hold come adoption day.
(3) What breeds do you have?
I'm guessing they'll be hybrids.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
The Google, while doing my research.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gaming, geeky TV, cooking (I work in catering), quite enjoying turning my garden into something nicer than the plain lawns we had when we moved in... though the back currently looks like a builder's yard. It's a work in progress!
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I've got three house rabbits, one with additional needs who eats up a lot of time. I know more about rabbit health and medicine than many people know about human! Currently work in a dinky little church cafe and catering company. We do weddings, birthdays, funerals, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, HUGE (400 people) canape and wine events, small and intimate silver service dinners... but the boss is retiring in the next few years so I'm taking it as a chance to change career and am doing some animal care courses, and a HND in veterinary reception work, with an eye to get in at that level and work up to vet tech. Bit late to get into nursing or surgery, plus I am hella emotional. I'd be a wreck after the first euthanasia or loss >_<
I live in the suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland, but like most of Edinburgh we're a ten minute walk from woods, parks, and a wildlife sanctuary. We've even got a little river flowing through our new build estate. Friends call me Dr Doolittle because I'm constantly finding and helping injured animals... or they wander into my house. Found a newt mooching about in the kitchen once. Most people in the UK, especially living in suburbs have never even see a newt, but there it was, just sitting on my kitchen floor.
So, that's me. Wish me look with my ex-cage girls when they arrive. They're going to have had a garbage life, and sometimes just moving into a new home is enough to kill them
