Browniebird
In the Brooder
I am pretty new to chickens, first got them when I moved in with my now-husband 3 years ago. His mother was -supposed to- help me learn chicken care, as she lives 10 minutes from us and has somewhere around 50 chickens herself. The flock I started with was a batch of chicks she had unintentionally had hatched, that had been moved to my husband's inhereted coop shortly after we met. When I moved in they had just hit laying age. I started with 15, a barnyard mix of australorp, rhode island red, and americanas.
3 years later I have 4 left of my original flock. 6 roosters went to freezer camp and my other losses were from Mereks.
I just bought australorp, delaware, and jersey chicks last month, and was given a new rooster last fall that I do not know the breed of. I bought 12 chicks, so now I have 17 birds total. With a toddler, 4 laying hens wasn't going to cut it.
I am not a pet person, don't really like animals or people in general, and my favorite thing about chickens is that they have so much attitude and constantly tell me to **** off. That I am only their slave and nothing else.
My other hobbies? I work full time nights, live on a grass seed farm, have a toddler, and repair antique sewing machines.
My coop is a converted hog shed that is a work in progress but I have put A LOT of hours into the conversion and remodeling, with more left to come.
3 years later I have 4 left of my original flock. 6 roosters went to freezer camp and my other losses were from Mereks.
I just bought australorp, delaware, and jersey chicks last month, and was given a new rooster last fall that I do not know the breed of. I bought 12 chicks, so now I have 17 birds total. With a toddler, 4 laying hens wasn't going to cut it.
I am not a pet person, don't really like animals or people in general, and my favorite thing about chickens is that they have so much attitude and constantly tell me to **** off. That I am only their slave and nothing else.
My other hobbies? I work full time nights, live on a grass seed farm, have a toddler, and repair antique sewing machines.
My coop is a converted hog shed that is a work in progress but I have put A LOT of hours into the conversion and remodeling, with more left to come.
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
Your intro is great and made me giggle.
