Newbie in central Texas

[doubleott]

My name is Tonya, and we got our first three hens about a week ago. We planned on getting some when spring sprung, but we had a stray rooster show up and he was lonely. So hubby got 3 rir from his buddy. And they are quickly becoming a favorite past time. We got our first egg yesterday, and another today. The girls hadn't started laying yet when we got them, so we were like kids at Christmas yesterday morning when I found the first egg. We also have a pair of Muscovy ducks, 2 mini donkeys, 2 horses, and 6 baby bunnies, and will have 2 Nigerian dwarf goats as soon as they are weened. So our little farm is growing fast. But I want more chickens,and female Muscovy's... Gotta keep the boys happy. Lol

 

[gander007]

Alright Tonya,

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very nice Learning Center it could be useful to you

That is quit a nice growing farm with all the animals I always have the grand kids help me out to feed and water my chickens geese ducks and guinea when they come over ..

There is a Trend called How Many egg's you get today you can type that in at the top and you can share all your daily glory like the rest of us and it is Easter for us every day finding our eggs and keeping a count and sheering our experiences with each other

RIR hens really produce a quality egg you choose well my young girls just started last week and are giving me an egg every other day and I only hatched them out in August

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Tonya - glad that you have joined us. Its good to hear that chicken maths is already kicking in

There's nothing better than when a girl lays her first egg - i am patiently (yeah, right) waiting for 5 of mine to get on with it myself!

All the best
CT

 

[BantamFan4Life]

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

 

[drumstick diva]

Doesn't take much to make a rooster happy BUT, happy hens are the ones who lay eggs for you.

 

[N F C]

Hi Tonya,

You have a nice assortment of animals on your farm!

Here are a couple of links to other forums you may enjoy here on BYC:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread (to find other TX members)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/42/ducks (to talk ducks)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/22/other-pets-livestock (to share about horses, donkeys, rabbits)

Thanks for joining us!

 

[NickyKnack]

Hello Tonya!

Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to join the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC.