New from Myakka City Florida

[Tom M]

I wish i would have joined sooner......my intent was not to be a chicken farmer but an egg harvester. Having said that my Buff's had very different ideas.
I'm sorry to say that my first go hasnt been a complete success. 5 hatched over the past day or so....i lost 3 of 5....
I hope to use BYC to increase my success rate. I cant believe how much fun it is to warch the birds run all over the property.

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi Tom, nice to meet you. Did you use an incubator? Some brands are probably better than others or easier to use. I'm very hatched any so can't really advice EXCEPT a lot of folks get silkie hens to use as natural incubators. Silkies generally go broody fairly often. You can swap out their eggs for fertile eggs of any breed you want and they will raise them as their own.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. I'm sorry for your losses. ( If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with future hatches.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[N F C]

I hope you'll drop in on the FL state thread...one of the members on there is an incubating whiz by the name of cmom. Drop in and say hello:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/305793/florida-always-sunny-side-up

Nice to have you here!

 

[Frindizzle]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[NickyKnack]

Hello!

Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to joined the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC.

 

[trailrider330]

Welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

 

[Tom M]

Thanks everyone. Here is a thought and question. I have three Buff Orpintons..two went broody. I also have two barred rocks (if thats how you spell it). Anyway......the onky chicks to live were Buffs (2)....all the Barred Rocks...were ahirt lived. I founs another Rock tonjave hatched yesterday.....only with the broody and two chicks.......it also was short lived. I think the hen is killing them.....could this be?

 

[Carlos F]

I wish i would have joined sooner......my intent was not to be a chicken farmer but an egg harvester. Having said that my Buff's had very different ideas.
I'm sorry to say that my first go hasnt been a complete success. 5 hatched over the past day or so....i lost 3 of 5....
I hope to use BYC to increase my success rate. I cant believe how much fun it is to warch the birds run all over the property.

Hi I am looking at a house in Myakka specifically Magnolia Hill and I was curiuos if there is a limit on how many hens you can have. And can you have roosters? Thanks in advance