Lurking a while and finally joining

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're happy to have you with us!

 

[N F C]

Thanks for joining us, it's nice to have you here!

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hey All, been learning here for a while and finally decided to join. I'll soon be heading in to my second year of chicken stewardship and a lot of you have helped me along the way.
Following the "Sample template" for introductions....
I started with 4 hens bought as chicks in March, but ended up losing two in August shortly after they started laying. A golden laced Wyandotte was dinner for a neighbors dog (I left a gate open), and a Maran died suddenly.
The neighbor funded the purchase of 7 additional chicks.
I now have the OGs (RIR and ISA Brown), a pair of golden laced Wyandottes, pair of Black Australorps, another ISA, another RIR and a Buff Orpington, all of which will be laying soon if the winter conditions allow. Except for one.
One of the Australorps ended up being a he. He hasn't crowed yet at 16wks but he's obviously not going to lay an egg (named him Jerry)
Aside from having fresh eggs, and more importantly to me, I enjoy caring for them and watching them work., and I'm definitely guilty of spoiling them all.

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[MI_Chkns]

Thanks to everyone for the worm welcome. Forgot to mention I'm in SE Michigan. Guess I need to work on my profile a little,

Don't worry. Almost everyone her spoils their chickens to
Also are you keeping Jerry?

He's a good looking dude and I'm planning on keeping him as long as he behaves, if I can.
I could grow my own with a rooster. So far he's a big baby, but not quite to maturity so we'll see. He is the reason I decided to sign up rather than just watch. I don't trust my local govt. Per the ordinance, I (an many around me) aren't supposed to have any livestock on less that 3 acres. I have 1.5.
I read some older posts here on Michigan's Right To Farm act and will be seeing if I can fire that discussion back up. I am zoned AG, so should be able to leverage act, and hoping others may have some experience. Immediate neighbors are cool, but all it takes is someone 1/2 mile a way to hear a rooster and start a mess of trouble.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. Good luck with Jerry. I hope you are able to keep him.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you, thanks for joining us.

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC So happy you have joined us, hopefully you can keep your rooster

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us