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I am not new to chickens. But I have never raised my chickens over The Pullet/Cockerel stage. I got my First chicken when I was In Kindergarten. Each year my kindergarten hatched chicks and we raise them.

I have 2 Chickens right now. Before these guys, we had 3 amber whites but 1 of the amber whites was killed by a dog. So we gave them away to a farm and got these 2 new chicken.

We have a Rhode island red and a black austrolorp. The Black austrolorp is named penny, The Rhode island red is named Rhody.

One of the good aspects of raising chickens is they are so friendly and nice to play with. Another, is they are super interesting to watch and I can raise them in my own backyard! One bad aspect is I am always worried if a predator will come and kill them, They are a lot of work sometimes. Otherwise, I just love my chickens so much.

Some of my other hobbies are I raise button quail too. This is my first time ever Raising button quail we hatched them ourselves and they hatched only a week ago.

I am always doing lots of research for my chickens and the first result was always BYC! I read a lot and every question had so many answers. This is my first time raising chickens beyond pullets. But I joined because I had one question I really needed to know if my pullet was actually a cockerel. We just don't know. When we bought her she was supposed to be a girl!
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC! :frow

Be careful, 1 rooster can overmate 1 hen to the point of killing her. The best ratio is 1 roo to 8-10 hens.

As for predators, make sure your coop is built like Fort Knox and add on a connected run. Free ranging only when you are around somewhere.

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC! :frow

Be careful, 1 rooster can overmate 1 hen to the point of killing her. The best ratio is 1 roo to 8-10 hens.

As for predators, make sure your coop is built like Fort Knox and add on a connected run. Free ranging only when you are around somewhere.

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!
Thank you so much. Those are some very helpful tips! You might've just saved my chickens life.
 
I am not new to chickens. But I have never raised my chickens over The Pullet/Cockerel stage. I got my First chicken when I was In Kindergarten. Each year my kindergarten hatched chicks and we raise them.

I have 2 Chickens right now. Before these guys, we had 3 amber whites but 1 of the amber whites was killed by a dog. So we gave them away to a farm and got these 2 new chicken.

We have a Rhode island red and a black austrolorp. The Black austrolorp is named penny, The Rhode island red is named Rhody.

One of the good aspects of raising chickens is they are so friendly and nice to play with. Another, is they are super interesting to watch and I can raise them in my own backyard! One bad aspect is I am always worried if a predator will come and kill them, They are a lot of work sometimes. Otherwise, I just love my chickens so much.

Some of my other hobbies are I raise button quail too. This is my first time ever Raising button quail we hatched them ourselves and they hatched only a week ago.

I am always doing lots of research for my chickens and the first result was always BYC! I read a lot and every question had so many answers. This is my first time raising chickens beyond pullets. But I joined because I had one question I really needed to know if my pullet was actually a cockerel. We just don't know. When we bought her she was supposed to be a girl!


Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people!
 

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