JaegerDePato
Chirping
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I haven't had them since high school and I was at the tractor supply store and they had Turken chicks, so I bought them. They were 10c a piece. Little known fact that after chickens were there for a week they are discounted to 10 cents.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Well, I have 13. Some will get eaten this year, town code is only 6 hens. I am just going to pick the best 6 out of the bunch.
(3) What breeds do you have?
4 Turkens, 4 Easter Eggers, 1 Ancona, 1 White leghorn, 1 White hat polish, 1 silver polish, 1 Golden Wyandotte
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
This is going to sound strange, but I really want them for their manure for my food forest that I am developing. Eggs are a bonus.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Hunting, Fishing, Fantasy Football, Gardening (Food Forest), and Random Projects. Right now the random project is building the chicken coop and run. I am re-fabricating an old shed. Framed the floor over the weekend and will do the roof and the walls this week. Probably do the run next week and finish with installing a solar panel. The solar panel is to fulfill the town requirement of a heating source in the coup when the temp falls below 32 degrees. I figure I will just put in the panel for a light bulb and call it good.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My family lives a few hours away and it is just really me and my dogs. I have a Basset Hound female named Molybdenum who is a sweetheart and a pretty good guard dog. She lets the deer in the area know they are not welcome in the backyard. I also have a German Wirehaired Pointer named Soap. Soap is very sweet and very high strung. He is still going through the adjustment period to the baby chicks being a bird dog and all.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I google a lot of things and a lot of the questions I have come back to this site.
I haven't had them since high school and I was at the tractor supply store and they had Turken chicks, so I bought them. They were 10c a piece. Little known fact that after chickens were there for a week they are discounted to 10 cents.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Well, I have 13. Some will get eaten this year, town code is only 6 hens. I am just going to pick the best 6 out of the bunch.
(3) What breeds do you have?
4 Turkens, 4 Easter Eggers, 1 Ancona, 1 White leghorn, 1 White hat polish, 1 silver polish, 1 Golden Wyandotte
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
This is going to sound strange, but I really want them for their manure for my food forest that I am developing. Eggs are a bonus.
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Hunting, Fishing, Fantasy Football, Gardening (Food Forest), and Random Projects. Right now the random project is building the chicken coop and run. I am re-fabricating an old shed. Framed the floor over the weekend and will do the roof and the walls this week. Probably do the run next week and finish with installing a solar panel. The solar panel is to fulfill the town requirement of a heating source in the coup when the temp falls below 32 degrees. I figure I will just put in the panel for a light bulb and call it good.
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My family lives a few hours away and it is just really me and my dogs. I have a Basset Hound female named Molybdenum who is a sweetheart and a pretty good guard dog. She lets the deer in the area know they are not welcome in the backyard. I also have a German Wirehaired Pointer named Soap. Soap is very sweet and very high strung. He is still going through the adjustment period to the baby chicks being a bird dog and all.
(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I google a lot of things and a lot of the questions I have come back to this site.
