New Chicken Mama - Tiffany

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Tandrae87 said:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New, got my first 2 about a month ago and added number 3 about a week later.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3

(3) What breeds do you have? Buff Orphington and 2 Olive Eggers

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? I did it for the eggs, but oh my gosh they are so cute and silly.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies? Baking and Magic the Gathering

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. My amazing husband and I also have two cats and a dog. We both work in construction and are kicking off our business also.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community? :D This forum has been my go to for answers to all my questions or obsessions with my chicks! I joined to be able to get help when needed by posting my questions..
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Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people!
 
Thanks! We are settling in... millions of questions but this is such a great resource. I also think I have a new worry everyday.. today's worry was my little jumped into the pool. No noises, no wing flapping, but i grabbed her out and tried to dry her off and cuddled with her. Are there any side effects I should keep an eye out for?
 

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Welcome to BYC.

The worst of the side effects from her jumping into the pool are drowning. Do you have a way to fence/cover it so no accidental deaths. Pools are considered an attractive nuisance in many places and MUST BE FENCED IN WITH LOCKING GATE, ETC.

If a child dies in your pool you would be held responsible. BTW chickens do not swim, they can probably float until their feathers get saturated with water and then surely drown.
 
They don't free range without us outside and this was a good lesson for me to not turn my back on the littles. My big took her dive in and has since been terrified of the pool and in love with my husband since he saved her! LOL. I will look into a way to fence off the area of the pool they get near but I don't have a lot of options.. Time to get creative lol!
 
I'm surprised no one has created chicken life jackets yet. It would certainly help those that accidentally take a dip. Sometimes a chicken thinks they can fly over a pool but,it's bigger than they thought and they take dunking.
 

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