thegrahamsted
In the Brooder
- Sep 9, 2025
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1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes! August of 2025 (6 chicks)
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
5
(3) What breeds do you have?
Buff Orpington (4) 1 Olive Egger (I think)
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Starting my day watching them, they put a smile on my face.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Baking & Antiquing
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I’m a very blessed stay at home mom of 3 boys (17,15 & 2)
A proud wife, my husband is a chiropractor and we are working on ways every year that we can be more self sustaining. I prefer to research flowers for the garden, he prefers to research food for the garden

We live in CT.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I heard of you on a YouTube channel when first learning about chickens. I check threads time to time. Glad to know there is a forum to go to that can help.
Yes! August of 2025 (6 chicks)
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
5
(3) What breeds do you have?
Buff Orpington (4) 1 Olive Egger (I think)
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Starting my day watching them, they put a smile on my face.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Baking & Antiquing
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
I’m a very blessed stay at home mom of 3 boys (17,15 & 2)
A proud wife, my husband is a chiropractor and we are working on ways every year that we can be more self sustaining. I prefer to research flowers for the garden, he prefers to research food for the garden
We live in CT.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?

I heard of you on a YouTube channel when first learning about chickens. I check threads time to time. Glad to know there is a forum to go to that can help.
Glad you joined.