New Chicken Lady

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

Hi @BlissyChick

Welcome!

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! I'm here in Arizona too. My whole flock are Bielefelders.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Nice introduction. Your flock sounds lovely, we love photos!!

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you here with us in this fun and poultry loving community.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. I'd love to see pictures also.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join us! Make yourself at home here!

 

[BlissyChick]

I relocated to AZ from NC two years ago and got my first set of 4 chickens last year. They are now a year old and so much fun, although I lost my silver wyandotte in the heat last year. I added 3 more pullets this year and am having fun watching them grow. Learning how to integrate them tho is interesting.

I also had a broody silkie easter egger and got a fertilized egg from a neighbor she hatched and raised - the pullet is about 8 weeks old now and momma is ferocious with my new pullets. I'd like to get her outside with the laying hens soon. The 3 new pullets have been in their own run for 3 weeks now but they all get pecked and picked on a lot by the existing flock and the momma hen.

Breeds I now have are: Welsummer, Biefelder, Silver Spitzhauben Appenzeller, Silkie Easter Egger, Bountiful Blue Egg Layer, 55 Flowery and one I rehomed that we think is a Buff Orpington. The one that hatched, I am not sure what breed it is. So I have 8 chickens, 3 of them are laying currently.

I love watching them during the day from my home office windows. I love how 3 of them come running when they hear the back door open. My Blue egg layer jumps on my lap for treats. They are really amazing and fun. I call them my girl friends - since moving to a smaller town in AZ, I have not made new lady pals here so they fill that gap for me lol.

I have 2 dogs - havanese and no other animals. I am grateful I can have dogs with hair and that chickens don't affect the environmental asthma and allergies. The omlet coop truly is a life saver for me - easy to clean and my run is low dust. Living in a very low humidity environment - the desert - has been a life saver too.

I am a Relationship Communication Coach and Healer and a project manager - so that keeps me busy too.

Looking forward to meeting some wonderful gal pals here in AZ in the near future.

 

[BlissyChick]

I added pictures here for you to see. Wonderful to meet all of you!