Hi, I am Ashley I live in Phoenix, AZ with my Husband. We got married two years ago and started our two become one journey. We bought a home in November of last 2012 and bought our first together chickens in March the following year. I grew up in a rural home and always had Chickens and other pets (ie. rabbits, horses, goats, ducks, geese, Guinea fowl). My husband is a bit of a countrified city kid...they had a family dog. He is adapting well. We live in a great place and have amazing neighbors. We try and run our house like a homestead making most things from scratch. I have had some health issues that lead me to this lifestyle. I recently started a blog on the traditional lifestyle we choose to live and homesteading activities we partake in.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
My first chickens were my parent's flock when I was about 5 or 6.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
22 hens and 12 chicks in the brooder
(3) What breeds do you have?
Wyandottes: 2 blue laced red hens, 1 golden laced hen, 2 Columbian hens, 2 silver laced hens, 1 white hen/ Easter Eggers: 3 hens, 2 chicks/ Buff Orpingtons: 2 hens/ Salmon Faverolle: 2 hens/ Brown Leghorn: 1 Hen/ Rocks: 2 partridge hens, 2 Barred Hens/ Astralorp: 1 black hen, 1 Blue hen/ Welsummer: 2 chicks/ Black Copper Maran: 1 chick/ Cuckoo Maran: 2 chicks/ Mixed chicks hatched in the incubator: 5 chicks.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
Google
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Horses, goats, homesteading, cooking, all crafts, health and nutrition, blogging, DIY, gardening,
6) Non chicken pets/animals.
AQHA horse: Whizzins Hummer aka. Rance, Feta the milk goat to be, my side kick Reagan the Pembroke Corgi.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
My first chickens were my parent's flock when I was about 5 or 6.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
22 hens and 12 chicks in the brooder
(3) What breeds do you have?
Wyandottes: 2 blue laced red hens, 1 golden laced hen, 2 Columbian hens, 2 silver laced hens, 1 white hen/ Easter Eggers: 3 hens, 2 chicks/ Buff Orpingtons: 2 hens/ Salmon Faverolle: 2 hens/ Brown Leghorn: 1 Hen/ Rocks: 2 partridge hens, 2 Barred Hens/ Astralorp: 1 black hen, 1 Blue hen/ Welsummer: 2 chicks/ Black Copper Maran: 1 chick/ Cuckoo Maran: 2 chicks/ Mixed chicks hatched in the incubator: 5 chicks.
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Horses, goats, homesteading, cooking, all crafts, health and nutrition, blogging, DIY, gardening,
6) Non chicken pets/animals.
AQHA horse: Whizzins Hummer aka. Rance, Feta the milk goat to be, my side kick Reagan the Pembroke Corgi.
and Welcome To BYC! Looks like you have a really busy farm!
