Introducing myself

[Rosemarie25]

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? This is my first time raisin chickens and we got baby chick's July 3, 2025.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 4 hens and 1 rooster

(3) What breeds do you have? 2 buff orpington, 1 Barred Rock, and 1 cinnamon queen.

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? Learning new things and getting chicken eggs

(5) What are some of your other hobbies? Gaming, Camping, Traveling, Swimming

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. I am married, I have 2 kids from a previous relationship, we have 2 indoor kittens and 1 adult cat that's outside (she likes to watch over our chickens), My husband works at a organic grocery store and I'm unemployed.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community? I was googling questions about the chickens and I came across this page, Known about this paid for 4 months, and I joined the community so I can help answer some questions.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, Rosemarie, and welcome to BYC!

You may want to sometime check out our Learning Center for articles our members wrote about caring for chickens. Something there may help you down the road.

If you have any pictures of yours, we'd love to see!

We're glad you're here!

 

[N F C]

Hi, it's nice to have you here with us! Always feel free to post your questions in the forum, we're all here to help each other.

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! @Debbie292d has you headed in the right direction at the learning center! As @N FC said, we are here to help each other!