ChickityChinaOTCC
In the Brooder
- Jul 15, 2023
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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes. We got chicks this Winter, and have had them for about 5 months now.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
5 Chickens and 7 ducks
(3) What breeds do you have?
Pekin Ducks, Cayuga Ducks, Jersey Giants, Silkies, Silver Laced Wyandottes
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
How much my daughter loves them, and how much they love her.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Running and woodworking
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I’m married with a daughter and a boy on the way! We have an old dog, and some fish. I work as a plumber and run a plumbing fabrication shop.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I found BYC while googling answers about raising chickens. I’ve found some great information here! I’m unfortunately joining because I made the mistake of raising ducklings alongside chicks, and now have had to separate them after we ended up with a drake who is now terrorizing the chickens, as he only wants to mate with them. We eventually want to reintegrate the two flocks, as they all love being together and the rest of the birds are all very sweet, so we want to find a good home for our drake pekin duck, where he can live with other ducks. If anyone lives in Michigan or Northern Ohio, please let me know! He’s very sweet to humans and other ducks, but can’t be alongside chickens. I’ll be posting a thread for this as well.
Besides the bad news about our drake, everything else is going great with our birds. They are the most friendly birds I’ve seen, and run right to us when we’re out there and love being held by my daughter. They follow her around like she’s the mother hen.
Yes. We got chicks this Winter, and have had them for about 5 months now.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
5 Chickens and 7 ducks
(3) What breeds do you have?
Pekin Ducks, Cayuga Ducks, Jersey Giants, Silkies, Silver Laced Wyandottes
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
How much my daughter loves them, and how much they love her.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Running and woodworking
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I’m married with a daughter and a boy on the way! We have an old dog, and some fish. I work as a plumber and run a plumbing fabrication shop.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I found BYC while googling answers about raising chickens. I’ve found some great information here! I’m unfortunately joining because I made the mistake of raising ducklings alongside chicks, and now have had to separate them after we ended up with a drake who is now terrorizing the chickens, as he only wants to mate with them. We eventually want to reintegrate the two flocks, as they all love being together and the rest of the birds are all very sweet, so we want to find a good home for our drake pekin duck, where he can live with other ducks. If anyone lives in Michigan or Northern Ohio, please let me know! He’s very sweet to humans and other ducks, but can’t be alongside chickens. I’ll be posting a thread for this as well.
Besides the bad news about our drake, everything else is going great with our birds. They are the most friendly birds I’ve seen, and run right to us when we’re out there and love being held by my daughter. They follow her around like she’s the mother hen.
