New to the forum and to having chickens

[SierraSfhFamily]

Hi all - our family are proud new owners of Swedish Flower hens. We got them as hatchlings and they are almost 4 months old now. They are beautiful birds with great personalities. We have lurked on the forum for a while now at chicken rearing information and finally decided to join. We live in Nevada (near CA and Lake Tahoe).
Thanks
Lindsay

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Lindsay, and . Thank you for joining our community. Have you visited the SFH thread in this link? https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/14/general-breed-discussions-faq
Some very dedicated fans of the breed there.
Also, you can find the NV thread in the following link if you'd like to chat with locals.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you

 

[SierraSfhFamily]

Thank you!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Lindsay and welcome to our community. Please make yourself at home here with us.

Best wishes
CT

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you Lindsay, glad you joined us at Backyard chickens

 

[QueenMisha]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you. I am actually just to the west and south of you - down here between Lake Tahoe and Sacramento. Nice to see another semi-local.

 

[SierraSfhFamily]

Yes! Neat to see you on here. It would be fun to connect with some semi locals who have Swedish flower hens. What kind of chickens do you have?

 

[QueenMisha]

Yes! Neat to see you on here. It would be fun to connect with some semi locals who have Swedish flower hens. What kind of chickens do you have?

I don't have any Swedish Flowers (they're on my wishlist though!) but I have a few of everything else. Mainly I'm breeding and keeping Silkies, Booted Bantams, Olive-Eggers and Easter Eggers, American Pit Games, and generally mutts. I also have some assorted Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks, Jubilee Orpingtons, Mille Fleur d'Uccles, Bantam Calico Cochins, Dark Cornish, Cornish Bantams, Naked Necks, Buff Orps, Ga Noi, Cuckoo Marans, Shamo, Speckled Sussex... lots of others. So many individual this-and-that laying hens. Plus 30 something pigeons, 7 peafowl, and a few each Guinea fowl, ducks, geese, partridge, and turkeys.

 

[SierraSfhFamily]

wow QueenMisha! That's quite a family, and an interesting mix its great how birds become a passion for so many

 

[BantamFan4Life]

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