Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

[suzy6583]

Looks like the current total is.......4380!

 

[owlmama]

NEEDLESS TO SAY...I LOVE CHICKENS AND ALL BIRDS FOR THAT MATTER! 14 CHICKENS ARE THE LEAST AMOUNT I HAVE HAD IN SEVERAL YEARS. I HAVE ONE THAT IS 10 YEARS OLD AND THIS LAST YEAR HAVE LOST A FEW JUST DUE TO OLD AGE. I AM EXCITED TO GET SOME MORE THIS WINTER/SPRING . WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT JERSEY BLACK GIANTS AND AUSTROLORPS? THEY ARE 2 BREEDS I HAVE NEVER HAD AND AFTER STUDYING ABOUT THEM, PRETTY SURE THAT'S WHAT I WILL ORDER. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THAT HAVE SOME THINK OF THEM. CHEERS! MAMA OWL

 

[TexasLisa]

14 for us.

3 Black Australorps
6 Barred Rocks
5 Speckled Sussex

4380 + 14 = 4394

Lisa

 

[nanbeme]

2- One red Frizzle bantam and One GoldLaced Seabright

New total 4118 + 2 = 4120

Nancy

 

[redselkie]

25 silver-laced Wyandottes, bringing the total to 4145

 

[katiesue]

5 "production Reds"

(looking to replace with White Leghorns)

New Total: 4150

 

[LisaFD]

2 Buff Orpingtons (Addy and Ethel)
1 Leghorn (Lucy-June)
2 Jersey Giants (black) (DeeDee and Edna Allan Toe)
1 Barred Rock (Boopsie)

So 4150 + 6 = 4156

 

[LisaFD]

RIP - Bertha, Darla, Helen, Judy, Katherine and Lucy - June 10th 2013

The irresponsible neighbors' dog took these girls 4 days after their second birthday, leaving me with Addy and Ethel. My other neighbor gave me the "when you fall off the horse, get back in the saddle" talk, so I acquired Lucy-June DeeDee, Toesie & Boopsie on June 14th. The new girls were 13 weeks old when I brought them home. After a few weeks of hiding out beneath the coop, the new girls have joined forces with Addy & Ethel, and are starting to recognize their names and learn the routine.

I plan to acquire a half-dozen day old chicks next spring, to bring the flock back up to an even dozen. That's about the maximum I can keep an eye on during free-range time. Since the tragedy in June, I have to stay outside and within earshot of them whenever the gate to their enclosure is open.

 

[Persa]

30 Brahma
10 araucana
>10 Ameraucana
>20 Flor d'Ametller (Catalan bantam breed)
2 Euskal Oiloa hens
1 Penedesenca cock
3 Guinea fowl
13 Turkey
>30 quails
6 empordanesa geese
2 king (Pigeon)
I think that's all.
Best regards,
Fran.

 

[austral]

I have 15 chickens.