Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have?

[Tookie]

20! 15 standards and 5 bantams.
Ages varying from 10.5 years to 5.5 months!

I have 7 ducks as well, 2 years old in February.

 

[Perris]

I started with 3 Swedish Flower pullets back in 2017. Acquiring an accidental cockerel in 2018, and wanting to let them live as naturally as possible, ultimately led to a flock of about 30 now.

I sporadically buy in hatching eggs for some broodies to increase the variety in the flock gene pool, to help preserve rare chicken genes, and to prevent inbreeding issues.

 

[kurby22]

We have about 75! Mostly bantams though. We breed and show birds, but half of the newer ones are babies from broody mommas this summer who successfully hid their eggs from us and were unsanctioned We are actively working to bring that number down, so it’s more manageable…but how? They’re all my favorites!!