My first post!

[Altfrizzle]

I've been lurking and reading and learning for yeeeeeeears!

I've got a serious hatching addiction.

I hatched out our first flock about a year and a half ago. Lost 11/12 birds (one lone silkie roo survivor) to a raccoon attack in one night late last winter.

Adopted 2 sizzles and a bantam frizzled polish to keep our survivor (Toby) company while hatching 9 other sizzles. Then hatched 5 more silkies. Adopted a silkie/serama hen and an extra silkie female. Hatched 9 more chicks (3 from the bantam polish and 6 from a silkie hen with a smooth-feathered sizzle daddy who was subsequently re-homed because the other boys weren't being nice to him).

Hatched 45 northern bobwhites which we released (they're native) and most dispersed into the surrounding woods/fields but 5 have decided they are also chickens and spend most nights in the coop or run. LOL

Now I've got about 18 eggs collected from my silkie/serama hen and a frizzled sizzle hen.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us. I guess, as a long-time lurker, you know the site very well so there's no need for me to point out what great resources BYC has.

Best wishes
Pork pie

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Glad you're here and stopped lurking!! Sorry for your loss... and your hatching addiction... we really need a support group for these weird chicken addictions... wait... we have one called BYC!!

 

[Snoozeys]

Welcome

 

[Altfrizzle]

For real. I've had the incubator put up since OCTOBER! It's been waaaaaay too long.

I've put a frizzled blue cockerel in with the blue Serama/Silkie hen and have been collecting eggs.

See, I've got a frizzled cock AND several frizzled hens so I had to, uh... build a second coop. (Yeah... not addiction here... nope, nothing to see, move along!) and I figured since I'm gonna set Serama eggs I might as well set some eggs from the frizzled hens, too, right?!

 

[Smuvers Farm]

You should join the New Years Hatch a Long!! Here's the link: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/9th-annual-byc-new-years-day-2018-hatch-a-long.1209643/

 

[Altfrizzle]

I can't wait! I think it will be the Christmas one, actually.

 

[Hybridchucks]

Hey and welcome to BYC. (AKA Backyardchickens) Its great to have you here with us! Please settle in and enjoy yourself, if you have any questions you are sure to find your answers here. Have a wonderful day.

-Tov

 

[rjohns39]

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

 

[N F C]

It's nice you came out of lurking mode to join us!