Hello everyone,
So I've had chickens on and off my whole life, my mother's side of the family used to run a chicken farm, so I guess it's in my blood. The first time I personally hatched and raised chickens was when I was 10 with a home made incubator, shipped RIR eggs and lots of hand turning. The chicks that hatched were for laying eggs and as pets and lived to be 8, 7, and 9 respectively. Recently after realizing I can keep hens in my backyard in the city I live I decided to get a small flock going again and since I love talking chicken, figured I'd join
So I've had chickens on and off my whole life, my mother's side of the family used to run a chicken farm, so I guess it's in my blood. The first time I personally hatched and raised chickens was when I was 10 with a home made incubator, shipped RIR eggs and lots of hand turning. The chicks that hatched were for laying eggs and as pets and lived to be 8, 7, and 9 respectively. Recently after realizing I can keep hens in my backyard in the city I live I decided to get a small flock going again and since I love talking chicken, figured I'd join
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and welcome to byc!thank you for joining us 
No more roos for me except I bought chicks back in Feb and my Austrolorp is a he instead of a she. He is very handsome and mild mannered so he will live. I am doing a new run and wondered if anyone has any simple plans they might like to share. I live in the mountains and have lost 2 1/2 flocks over the last 10 years to stray dogs so I don't free range anymore.
