Hey y’all from SW Georgia!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I’ve/we’ve had chickens off and on for like 60 years. Got my first one for Easter when I was itty bitty.
Have chickens now because my 14yo granddaughter, who lives with me, developed an obsessive passion for them and has become an expert in all things chicken
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
12
(3) What breeds do you have?
2 brown leghorns (a beautiful roo and a tiny crossed-bill special needs hen), 2 buff orpington hens, 2 Plymouth barred rock hens, 2 australorp hens, 4 silkies (2 white roos, 1 splash hen, 1 teeny tiny buff hen)
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Funny to watch
Give us eggs
Different personalities
They’re cuddly
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Art, writing, nature study, gardening, beading, yadda yadda yadda…..
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
We have a couple of dogs and a BUNCH of cats
I’m a retired medic, then fire marshal and arson investigator from a fire dept.
Have done some wildlife rehab
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Searching for if silkies were mimics and came across y’all. Seemed an interesting group so I joined
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I’ve/we’ve had chickens off and on for like 60 years. Got my first one for Easter when I was itty bitty.
Have chickens now because my 14yo granddaughter, who lives with me, developed an obsessive passion for them and has become an expert in all things chicken
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
12
(3) What breeds do you have?
2 brown leghorns (a beautiful roo and a tiny crossed-bill special needs hen), 2 buff orpington hens, 2 Plymouth barred rock hens, 2 australorp hens, 4 silkies (2 white roos, 1 splash hen, 1 teeny tiny buff hen)
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Funny to watch
Give us eggs
Different personalities
They’re cuddly
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Art, writing, nature study, gardening, beading, yadda yadda yadda…..
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
We have a couple of dogs and a BUNCH of cats
I’m a retired medic, then fire marshal and arson investigator from a fire dept.
Have done some wildlife rehab
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
Searching for if silkies were mimics and came across y’all. Seemed an interesting group so I joined