Trish of the Coop
Songster
Hi guys.
So I'll be honest and admit that I have been Google searching and stealing your information for a couple months now while learning the ups and downs of raising chickens LOL. I finally decided that it would be a whole lot easier just to join so that I can talk to all you wonderful people instead of being just in the background.
The reason I got chickens... Well I had a dachshund for almost 15 years and had to put her down. With everything that was going on I wasn't ready for another dog so I opted for a chicken. A friend of mine raises exotic birds and had a couple extra older hens that he was willing to part with to see if I indeed would like chickens. It took about three days and I fell in love with them. I have a large Easter Egger that we figure is about 6 years old the other is a black and white Ameraucana about 4 years old.
Just before winter I attended a bird auction with him and bought this scraggly little black sex linked, she was less than a year old and about the price of a small coffee. She sat in the front seat with me all the way home.
They are now like little children and it was the best decision I ever made. I'm glad to be here and look forward to the amazing amount of information that you guys have on here.
So I'll be honest and admit that I have been Google searching and stealing your information for a couple months now while learning the ups and downs of raising chickens LOL. I finally decided that it would be a whole lot easier just to join so that I can talk to all you wonderful people instead of being just in the background.
The reason I got chickens... Well I had a dachshund for almost 15 years and had to put her down. With everything that was going on I wasn't ready for another dog so I opted for a chicken. A friend of mine raises exotic birds and had a couple extra older hens that he was willing to part with to see if I indeed would like chickens. It took about three days and I fell in love with them. I have a large Easter Egger that we figure is about 6 years old the other is a black and white Ameraucana about 4 years old.
Just before winter I attended a bird auction with him and bought this scraggly little black sex linked, she was less than a year old and about the price of a small coffee. She sat in the front seat with me all the way home.
They are now like little children and it was the best decision I ever made. I'm glad to be here and look forward to the amazing amount of information that you guys have on here.
Glad you joined.
I am soon to be going through the same thing with my old Maltese who has stage 3 Congestive Heart Failure right now, he isn't going to be around much longer I fear. I will be completely broken when he passes. 
