Newby with some questions!

[Cowgirlchickie]

Hi everyone!! I'm Maddi and I'm new, obviously, lol. I have had chickens for about a year now. I have 19 total...17 hens and 2 roosters. And 1 little chocolate turkey!! I live on 3 acres in California. I have 2 coops, a run, and expanding! I have all different breeds from silkies and polish, to Orpingtons and Barred rock. I absolutely love my chickens to death!! There like pets, they run to me when I go outside and are very unusually tame haha. Right now I have four 3 month old chicks, three 3 week old chicks, one 3 week old turkey, and am incubating some eggs for the first time!! Very excited! The rest are about a year old. You could say I'm addicted to chickens...I find myself always getting more at every opportunity. That's why we're having to expand the coop haha. Anyways, if you would like to give me advice on incubating I made another forum post under "Incubating & Hatching Eggs" called "First time incubating...Advice???" I would greatly appreciate it!!

Should I share some pics of my flock for fun?? :3

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Sounds like you are quite busy with lots of chickens! You might want to take a look at this article on our learning center on incubating eggs that may give you some helpful hints on the incubation process...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Good luck with the hatch and keep us posted!

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

Welcome to BYC!

Sounds like you are quite busy with lots of chickens! You might want to take a look at this article on our learning center on incubating eggs that may give you some helpful hints on the incubation process...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Good luck with the hatch and keep us posted!

Thank you!!! I will definitely check out the link, I'm gonna need any advice I can get. I'm excited but also nervous at the same time. I'll keep you guys updated though

Yes I am very busy haha, not to mention that I also have 2 horses, 3 dogs, and 2 cats to take care of XD

 

[lightchick]

Welcome to BYC! I love chicken and all my friends say that I'm obsessed with them.
I just got 4 chicks and I love them already! (I technically have 8 chicks but the 4 other chicks are extra males the hatchery sent us and I'm going to give them to some farms)
I'd LOVE to see all your chickens!
I have a Black Australorp, Black sex link, Brown sex link and a Silkie.

Black Australorp


Brown sex link


Silkie (partridge color?)


Black sex link

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

Welcome to BYC!

Sounds like you are quite busy with lots of chickens! You might want to take a look at this article on our learning center on incubating eggs that may give you some helpful hints on the incubation process...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Good luck with the hatch and keep us posted!

Thank you!!! I'll definitely check out the link, I'm gonna need any advice I can get. I'm excited but I'm also nervous since it's my first time. I'll keep you guys updated though! So far it's day 1 of 21
And yes I am very busy haha. Not to mention that I have 2 horses, 3 dogs, and 2 cats to take care of also XD

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

Welcome to BYC! I love chicken and all my friends say that I'm obsessed with them. I just got 4 chicks and I love them already! (I technically have 8 chicks but the 4 other chicks are extra males the hatchery sent us and I'm going to give them to some farms) I'd LOVE to see all your chickens! I have a Black Australorp, Black sex link, Brown sex link and a Silkie. Black Australorp Brown sex link Silkie (partridge color?) Black sex link :yiipchick

Awwww they're adorable!! I also have a Black Austrolop and a silkie :3 Love em! Everyone says I'm chicken crazy also, but I don't care haha. So I'm trying to post photos and it says it's not loading :/ ???

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

Welcome to BYC!

Sounds like you are quite busy with lots of chickens! You might want to take a look at this article on our learning center on incubating eggs that may give you some helpful hints on the incubation process...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-101

Good luck with the hatch and keep us posted!

Thank you!!! I'll definitely check out the link, I'm gonna need any advice I can get. I'm excited but I'm also nervous since it's my first time. I'll keep you guys updated though! So far it's day 1 of 21
And yes I am very busy haha. Not to mention that I have 2 horses, 3 dogs, and 2 cats to take care of also XD

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

One of my weird Buff Orps

3 week old Sultan

3 week old White Leghorn hen

3 weeks old Roo. Don't know what breed, supposedly he's gonna be BIG. And ideas??

3 week old Chocolate Turkey (i LOVE this little guy!!)

Baby pics of my Black Austrolop and can't remember the red ones breed There now 3 months old!

This is just some of my flock :3

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Great pictures! Love the turkey and the Buff pics. A big black breed could be Black Jersey Giant (would have yellow skin on the bottom of his feet) or.Black Australorp (would have pink/white skin on the bottom of his feet)

 

[Cowgirlchickie]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Great pictures! Love the turkey and the Buff pics. A big black breed could be Black Jersey Giant (would have yellow skin on the bottom of his feet) or.Black Australorp (would have pink/white skin on the bottom of his feet)

Thank you!!! I love my little turkey, he's the bomb. The little Roo is probably a Black Austrolorp now that I think about it, he has the pink/white skin on the bottom of feet and looks exactly like my hen of the same breed who's older.