Introduction

[Maddyluvschickens]

Hello everyone! I am brand new to Backyard Chickens and wanted to introduce myself. I have two chickens as pets, one is a Barred Rock and the other is a Barnevelder. I have had them for almost a year now. They like to follow me around and sometimes welcome themselves into the house. I have a lot of other pets too. I have 1 dog, 3 cats, 2 rabbits, 2 goats, and the 2 chickens. They are a handful, but it's worth it for how much joy they bring. We actually built a chicken coop ourselves for the chickens, and also an aviary to protect them from hawks, but almost everyday they are let out of their coop to explore and play (but with supervision). The chickens get along great with the rabbits and are always curious in what they are doing and what they are eating. The dog gets along great with all of the animals and never shows any interest in them. I hope to use this site to answer all of my chicken questions.

 

[Fanci Feathers Marans]

Hello everyone! I am brand new to Backyard Chickens and wanted to introduce myself. I have two chickens as pets, one is a Barred Rock and the other is a Barnevelder. I have had them for almost a year now. They like to follow me around and sometimes welcome themselves into the house. I have a lot of other pets too. I have 1 dog, 3 cats, 2 rabbits, 2 goats, and the 2 chickens. They are a handful, but it's worth it for how much joy they bring. We actually built a chicken coop ourselves for the chickens, and also an aviary to protect them from hawks, but almost everyday they are let out of their coop to explore and play (but with supervision). The chickens get along great with the rabbits and are always curious in what they are doing and what they are eating. The dog gets along great with all of the animals and never shows any interest in them. I hope to use this site to answer all of my chicken questions.

 

[MagpieDucks]

and!!!!!! Glad you joined the community! There are a ton of great resources on here and a lot of great peeps! Hope you find the site easy to navigate! I'd love to see your coop aviary and chickens (and your other animals).

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC, we are so glad you joined us.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to our community

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

Pork Pie

 

[Maddyluvschickens]

Thank you everybody, I hope to use some of the information I was given.

 

[Maddyluvschickens]

These are pictures of my chickens, and the coop and aviary.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Oh I just love that barnevelder!

 

[drumstick diva]

Sounds like you have a very mellow flock and group of animals & pets. Must be heaven

 

[Maddyluvschickens]

They are pretty mellow, but I do put in a good amount of effort to care for them. But their personality and joyful spirit makes up for it!