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Chirping
I am a new chicken mama and have three chicks I have raised from "chickhood" and one a chicken that my boyfriend already had and then we recently adopted and older hen from a neighbour who is changing from egg layers to meat chickens.
Two of the ones I am raising are Chanteclers, the other is a Feather-footed Bantam. We also have a Leghorn and a Brown Chicken that we adopted.
Raising them is so much fun. I am a city girl who has never even gardened before and I am starting a new life with my guy who lives in a rural area and has a huge yard and lots of small gardens. So raising chicks was rather daunting at first. But I love it and I love them. Of course we named them all...Henrietta, Lily, Willamina and the other two are Lucy and R2 (named because she is the second brown chicken for my boyfriend who lost his first chicken named Roberta to a minx attack. She she is Roberta Two but R2 for short).
I cuddle with them every day when I can. The older two are not into it but since I raised the three chicks from wee they like to have a one on one visit each day. I make a soothing noise with my mouth that they like and it calms them right down. When I put them in the yard outside the run they follow me around they yard. And come to the edge of the run whenever I am outside.
We knew that it was hard to tell the sex of the chicks when they were young but we started to wonder if Lily might just be a Lionel...and from the info on this wonderful and helpful site, we have determined that we do indeed have a rooster! But we are still calling her/him Lily. What I really need to find out about it whether I can keep Lily the Rooster with the hens we have, etc. So I will be delving into many of the forums and wonderful information here to find out all I need to know about this situation we are in.
I joined BYC at the suggestion of my boyfriend who has had egg-layers for years. So I joined and have found it a great resource. So, Thank You!
Two of the ones I am raising are Chanteclers, the other is a Feather-footed Bantam. We also have a Leghorn and a Brown Chicken that we adopted.
Raising them is so much fun. I am a city girl who has never even gardened before and I am starting a new life with my guy who lives in a rural area and has a huge yard and lots of small gardens. So raising chicks was rather daunting at first. But I love it and I love them. Of course we named them all...Henrietta, Lily, Willamina and the other two are Lucy and R2 (named because she is the second brown chicken for my boyfriend who lost his first chicken named Roberta to a minx attack. She she is Roberta Two but R2 for short).
I cuddle with them every day when I can. The older two are not into it but since I raised the three chicks from wee they like to have a one on one visit each day. I make a soothing noise with my mouth that they like and it calms them right down. When I put them in the yard outside the run they follow me around they yard. And come to the edge of the run whenever I am outside.
We knew that it was hard to tell the sex of the chicks when they were young but we started to wonder if Lily might just be a Lionel...and from the info on this wonderful and helpful site, we have determined that we do indeed have a rooster! But we are still calling her/him Lily. What I really need to find out about it whether I can keep Lily the Rooster with the hens we have, etc. So I will be delving into many of the forums and wonderful information here to find out all I need to know about this situation we are in.
I joined BYC at the suggestion of my boyfriend who has had egg-layers for years. So I joined and have found it a great resource. So, Thank You!
Welcome to BYC! 
