Hi I've been raising chickens since the Spring of 2017, so about 4 years. I currently have 10 chickens just having two recent losses, one to old age and one to something else. We've have four different batches of chickens and have let one broody chicken raise six chicks of which three were boys so off to a rooster rescue they had to go. We have had many different breeds the names of which I can't remember right at the moment, brown, white and green egg layers. I love the personalities of each of my girls and spend a lot of time with them. I'm a gardener and I run a couple of businesses, nothing to do with the chickens. I'm mostly a vegetarian and only eat eggs, my own girls eggs. They are fed organic feed and get a lot of organic garden greens. I share the chicken duties with my two neighbors and all together we have two dogs, three cats and ten chickens. I've been reading backyard chicken blogs since I started chicken caring.