Old hand, newbie here

Hi all BYC folk,

I'm no green twig when it comes to chickens, but I always like to learn new things.

From a young age we have kept chickens at the family home in rural North Wales. We have had Dorkings, Orpingtons, various Bantams, good old Dolly mixtures, a pair of Black backed Malay, Rhode Island Reds, Indian game fowl, non chickens- French red legged partridge, and a Peacock at one stage.
We would have up to 40 hens many of which would duly bugger off into the hedgerows and brood, returning weeks later with a dozen or more chicks.

My folks have now down scaled the flock somewhat, two good layers, warren hens.

I've been long gone from the family home and living first in Liverpool as a student and entry level worker (city centre) missed the lack of neighbours and green space to potter.
then moved to Wirral, with enough room to start my own family.
My eldest son liked the idea of hens, so easily swayed I bought some and a small run. We had a White Sussex and the Black Rock in my Avatar.
The Sussex became ill and died, looked a lot like a stroke.
Black Rock is still with us and she has a new pen mate a very well tempered Warren hen.

We moved from Wirral and now live back in my favourite part of the world North Wales.
We have more room and the hens enjoy a couple of weekly sessions trashing the garden, which is ok as it needs a lot of work yet anyway!

I have a plan to build them a large run, and get a couple more hens, as we cook a lot so eggs get used frequently and we often find we run out with just 2 good layers!

I look forward to sharing my knowledge and gleaming some insights into things I didn't know!

Cheers

Guido

 

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm sure across the various continents the members are from all the breeds have name variations! I can live with that, good to know the other names too.

 

Yes I saw that welcome, thanks!

The Avatar, that is one of my personal favourite pics of our hens! She's such an inquisitive thing!