Introducing myself!

[Quackter]

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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We got our first 10 baby chicks on March 7th, 2019.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
14 all together. We currently have 9 hens, 2 roosters and 3 straight run chicks

(3) What breeds do you have?
Easter Eggers and Silkies

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
How they are such great pets and give us eggs.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Gaming, beauty, crafting, cooking, gardening, and photography.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I'm a housewife with 1 Pomeranian and 3 guinea pigs. We have just started our homesteading journey in the year of 2019 and it's one of the most rewarding things in the world.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I've been using this website for questions about our chicks since we got them on day one I always have new questions still so I thought I should join in.

Ps. I hope I did this right!

Welcome

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello and welcome to Backyard Chickens! So glad you decided to become part of the flock!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, Mikaela, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Do the two LF cockerels treat your pullets well?

 

[Mikaela Taylor]

Hello, Mikaela, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Do the two LF cockerels treat your pullets well?

My Easter Egger roo treats the ladies like gold! He gives them all his snacks and gives them space when the hens aren't interested in him at the moment. He treats my silkie roo with allot of respect as well

As for my silkie rooster, he's a few weeks younger and is still treating the girls aggressively while trying to mate. I'm hoping he grows out of it but I'm not positive he will. I just saw him doing the dance first for them for the first time this week so that's a improvement I hope! He treats our Easter egger roo with allot of respect.

 

[rocking chickens]

Welcome

My Easter Egger roo treats the ladies like gold! He gives them all his snacks and gives them space when the hens aren't interested in him at the moment. He treats my silkie roo with allot of respect as well

Good roosters are worth their weight in gold. Hopefully you will get some good chicks out of him. Just take some Easter Egger eggs and slip them under the silkies when they go broody. Then you have some beautiful cute chicks

 

[Celticdragonfly]

Welcome to BYC! You have great pictures. I love seeing egg pictures like that, we're still eagerly looking forward to ours. That picture of the three EE with the corn - wow, gorgeous! That silvery one on the left is especially breathtaking.

 

[Mikaela Taylor]

Welcome to BYC! You have great pictures. I love seeing egg pictures like that, we're still eagerly looking forward to ours. That picture of the three EE with the corn - wow, gorgeous! That silvery one on the left is especially breathtaking.

Awh! Thank you so much! That's our chicken "Hedwig" She's gorgeous but has a "pecking me" problem I'm sure your girls will lay the prettiest eggs! I kept telling my husband over and over I KNEW we probably would get white eggs with a hint of green but they presently surprised us

 

[Claires Poultry]

Hello and welcome to BYC!
We're so glad to have you here with us!
Thank you for joining our wonderful community of fellow poultry enthusiasts!

You have a beautiful flock!

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome Glad you decided to join us! Beautiful flock! Thanks for sharing pictures

 

[ronott1]

You have a nice looking flock!