New Flock owners - Maryland (until we find a way to move lol)

[Juliann1984]

My husband and I, pretty much, have a zoo in our house. About 4 weeks ago, we added 6 day-old chicks to our family.

As of right now we have:
3 Golden Laced Wyandottes (Big Betsy, Thing 1, and Thing 2)
3 feather footed bantams (one dark brahma roo - Pato, one dark colored hen - Mini, and one white cochin hen - Ms. Butters)
3 ridiculously rambunctious cats (Charlie - 4 yrs, Mikie - 2 yrs, Ella - 10 mos)
2 insanely entertaining ferrets (Eddie - 5 yrs, Suzie - abt 3 yrs)
4 fish (2 bettas, a pleco, and one 5 yr old guppy)
last, but not least,
over 50 mice and 2 african soft furred rats.

whew!

I am a wildlife and domestic pet rescuer and I have a steadily changing flow of random boarders and rescues running through here too. We are super excited to have the chickies with us and they have been a blast so far! The cats are scared of them currently, hopefully that lasts.

This forum has been a GREAT resource of information! Thanks for all the info and I hope to be able to share some of mine too.

-Juliann

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC, Juliann. Glad you decided join our flock. I've had all of the animals on your list (still have chickens and fish) except ferrets, but I always though it would be fun to have one or two. Hopefully down the road it will happen. ) Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your house zoo.

 

[drumstick diva]

Juliann, very nice to meet you. Glad you joined the Byc flock. I have to ask just how big is a 5 year old guppie?

 

[N F C]

Good morning Juliann and welcome to BYC!

It sounds like you have a very entertaining houseful of animals! If you would like to 'meet' other members from Maryland, you can find them here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/63745/maryland-thread

Nice to have you join us and good luck with your chicks!

 

[krisirose]

Welcome! My husband and i are in Maryland as well. I hope all goes well with your new addition!

 

[hayoungyun]

glad you joined us!

 

[Juliann1984]

Thanks for the welcome! :-D

Michael, ferrets take a lot of specialized care, but make WONDERFUL pets for the right people. They have taught and trained me well. ;-) I always recommend adoption (I'm a rescuer, it's in my nature lol) and a trip to a ferret rescue will be a great learning experience too. I love them all. Feel free to ask questions!

Drumstick, they maxout growth, so he's a normal sized guppy. His colors are fading and he shows his age, but we are convinced that he's a mutant and is never going to die. He has outlived all of his tank mates and hasn't showed signs of slowing down. Lol

Thanks for the thread, North! I was looking for it last night. I actually grew up in Central Florida. It's too hot down there for me, but I like going back to visit.

 

[mermaids]

Welcome!
I'm also in Maryland! What do you mean you're moving?!
You do have your own little zoo. I absolutely love guppies!

 

[Juliann1984]

:-D Mermaids, there is no money here. LOL! I want to move all the way out to Oregon and go to school for veterinary medicine. Been unemployed in Salisbury for over a year now... ugh! Our zoo is why we haven't just moved... got to take every precaution for our fur-feather-and-scale babies. ;-)

 

[rainbowhatchery]

welcome