Mountainwalker
In the Brooder
- Jun 23, 2017
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Hello!
Myself, my wife and our three children started a small homestead in the sequoia national forest in California 4 years ago and recently started our own flock of chickens, it has been amazing so far!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes we are very new, we got our chickens back in November last year(2016)
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
10 hens, 1 rooster, 4 chicks and 2 kettles.
(3) What breeds do you have?
Black Australorps and a gold australorp(who became a mama hen today!
)
2 guinea fowl chicks
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
From a friend
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Growing food, playing music, doing art
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My occupation is an artist in the video game industry, I work from home which allows me to spend time on the homestead everyday, my wife is a stay at home mom. We also have kittens and plan to get goats and dogs to become flock/herd guardians, still need to research which dog breeds are best for that, we love German shepherds but we fear they might not work because of their predatory instinct, they will run after all of our livestock and try to eat it, unless we train them? wonder if any one had any experience with German shepherds as guardians for your flock? our chickens free range on our 2.5 acre homestead, but they rarely wonder, usually stay really close to the coop and house, which is nice, we noticed less spiders and other insects in our house compared to previous years.
Myself, my wife and our three children started a small homestead in the sequoia national forest in California 4 years ago and recently started our own flock of chickens, it has been amazing so far!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes we are very new, we got our chickens back in November last year(2016)
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
10 hens, 1 rooster, 4 chicks and 2 kettles.
(3) What breeds do you have?
Black Australorps and a gold australorp(who became a mama hen today!
)2 guinea fowl chicks
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
From a friend
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Growing food, playing music, doing art
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My occupation is an artist in the video game industry, I work from home which allows me to spend time on the homestead everyday, my wife is a stay at home mom. We also have kittens and plan to get goats and dogs to become flock/herd guardians, still need to research which dog breeds are best for that, we love German shepherds but we fear they might not work because of their predatory instinct, they will run after all of our livestock and try to eat it, unless we train them? wonder if any one had any experience with German shepherds as guardians for your flock? our chickens free range on our 2.5 acre homestead, but they rarely wonder, usually stay really close to the coop and house, which is nice, we noticed less spiders and other insects in our house compared to previous years.
