New coop from Austin TX

farmerho

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Hi I'm Dex, excited to join up!

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yep new, just started a year ago

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

2 - started with 4. started over with 4 more after a possum incident, down to 2 after hawk incidents :( not easy to keep these guys going

(3) What breeds do you have?

Barred Plymouth Rock, Easter Egger

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

Eggs

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?

DIY farm equipment, drone flying, coffee, sensors and ai

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

family is the reason we got into this - wife and kids wanted some chickens! lab was ready for dinner at first but now is their best friend / guardian

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community? :D

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