Wow! Thanks everyone for the really warm & friendly greetings!
I'm so glad to have found the forum, and I really look forward to picking your brains and learning all I can!
(I already have fallen in love with how Cayuga ducks look, and hope to find out which of the chickens are the friendliest!) We're raising them as pets (and maybe the occasional egg to bake with/cook with)
Now, I'm just hoping we move even faster!
Oh, I guess I'm supposed to tell you all a bit more about me! I've got a wonderful husband (Mark), and two cats (Harley & Electra) and I'm artistically inclined. I like to paint, and I collect dolls & action figures (and I sew, and bake).
Welcome!
Many people do indeed keep 'pet chickens', as you asked.... there are certain, more ornamental or cuddly breeds that don't lay as well and are often kept for pets.