Welcome to The BackyardChickens.com Forum! + Newsletter Archive

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent November 20th 2007

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Happy Thanksgiving!

A few developments have happened over the past couple weeks that are newsletter worthy so here we go:

BYC Forum Sponsors:
To support the continual growth of the BYC community we've allowed select companies to become BYC Premium Sponsors. Each of these companies have a great track record and we encourage you to visit their sites and let them know that you are glad they are supporting BYC! For more information see here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21109

Our Sponsors:
www.EggCartons.com - Discount supplier of egg cartons, egg boxes, egg trays, poultry supplies
www.IdealPoultry.com - Breeding farms & hatchery - breeds chickens bantams & ducks
www.ShopTheCoop.com - Chicken coop temperature controllers, coop heaters, solar heat, and more
www.MeyerHatchery.com - Sells a variety of chicks, ducks, turkeys, bantams and game birds as well as supplies
www.EggCartn.com - The Chicken Tractor That Works And Lasts

Private Messages:
Well, now that we've got new sponsors we've also got new toys! One of the most requested features on the forum was the ability to send private messages to friends on the forum. We've heard you and thanks to our new sponsors you've now got the ability to shoot quick notes over to your buddies on the forum. More details here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21107

Winter Prep:
It's getting a bit cold outside in most parts of the northern hemisphere so we've gathered together some of the great information found on our forum to help you get your chicken house in order:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-winter-preparation.html

Contests:
- Coop Page Contest - It was a huge success. Read about the winners here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=159629#p159629
- Breed Page Contest - Still underway. We need many more submissions to have enough to start picking winners. Create and submit your pages!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=18039

Put A Face To A Name:
We've got an amazingly strong and friendly community, but unfortunately most of us only know each other by our clever usernames ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3000 ). We've got a great thread going with 9 pages of pictures of our friends on the forum. Please login and add yourself and your family (the human type) to the thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20934

Coming soon to a newsletter near you: New BYC T-Shirts, Christmas Coop Decorating Contest, and more!

We'll see you in the forum!

BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent December 3, 2007

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Hello Feathered Friend Owners,

I heard from some members that they didn't receive the newsletter a few weeks ago, so I'm going to send out another one with a few updates. If you didn't receive the last newsletter here is an archive:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3

If you don't receive this newsletter and you can't read it, please let us know. That's a joke... get it... oh nevermind!

Tee Shirts - My Pet Makes Me Breakfast:
In the next 24 hours we are going to order new BYC shirts. Please visit the following link to put in your pre-order:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24146

Most Popular Forum Topics:
The forum is only a month away from its 1 year anniversary and we just added our 5,000th member! In the past 11 months we've added 215,000 posts (no, not all of them are from speckledhen) and some REALLY popular topics. We've posted a list of the most popular threads here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=22636

One of the more interesting topics is "Incubation of Double Yolked Egg". Check it out here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21464

BYC Sponsors:
Christmas is quickly approaching. There may be something special you can give your favorite chicken buddy at one of our sponsor's sites. Please visit them and tell them BYC sent you!
www.EggCartons.com - Discount supplier of egg cartons, egg boxes, egg trays, poultry supplies
www.IdealPoultry.com - Breeding farms & hatchery - breeds chickens bantams & ducks
www.ShopTheCoop.com - Chicken coop temperature controllers, coop heaters, solar heat, and more
www.MeyerHatchery.com - Sells a variety of chicks, ducks, turkeys, bantams and game birds as well as supplies
www.EggCartn.com - The Chicken Tractor That Works And Lasts

The Chicken Treat Chart:
Thanks to all the members that helped with this and especially a big thanks to Buff Hooligans for putting all the info together! Some great information on what to, and not to feed your best little buddies:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-Treats Chart

Christmas Coop Design Contest:
How much fun will this be? Check it out here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=23201

Have a great December, we'll see you in the forum!

BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent March 8, 2008

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Hello Fellow Poultry Proponent,

Can you believe it has been three months since our last newsletter? A lot has happened since we started into 2008, but even more excitement is on the horizon. Here are just a few of the highlights of what's been going on over at BYC:

7,000 Community Members!
Back at the end of January we had a contest to win a $20 BYC gift certificate for the member that could guess when we'd hit the 7,000 member mark. A few members were really optimistic and thought it would only take a month. Others weren't familiar with the power of Spring fever and BYC membership and guessed as far out as July 31st! Well, on March 4th our 7,000th member signed up (much earlier than most people expected). Congratulations to tx_dane_mom for guessing the exact day we'd hit 7,000 members and for winning the $20 gift certificate to the BYC store. If you ask me, we'll add the next 1,000 members even quicker... we're seeing about 30 new friends signing up to the BYC forum every day. You can see the contest details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30261

New BYC Forum Moderators:
With all the new and existing members posting over 2,200 posts daily (that's more than 1.5 posts for every minute of every day) we needed to add some new people to our already amazing BYC Staff. We are elated to announce that both of the people we invited to become members of the BYC Staff accepted. Please join us in welcoming kstaven & MissPrissy as our newest BYC Moderators!!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=35128

New Forum - Online Poultry Show:
If there is one thing our community is great at it is showing off pictures of their birds! For this reason we're experimenting with an "Online Poultry Show". Members organize the shows, members post pictures, and members judge the winners. This is still a work in progress and we're working out the kinks, but we anticipate that this will be a fun and exciting ongoing part of BYC. See more details in the new section here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=32

Buy / Sell / Trade / Giveaway:
Our "BST" section is super busy! Come see what people are offering and what others are looking to buy. Also, if you quilt or crochet you should check out the two swaps going:
Quilts: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=36631
Crochet: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=36812

Related - BYC Sister Site: www.TheEasyGarden.com
Many community members requested that we add a gardening section to BYC. We were considering it when we realized that our chickens would revolt if they saw a popular gardening section develop on BackYardChickens.com. This being the case we snuck off and created a sister site to BYC, www.TheEasyGarden.com. Come on over and sign up... just don't let your feathered friends know where you're going... nobody likes a jealous chicken!

We're expecting March and April to be HUGE months at BYC so don't miss out on any of the fun. Be on the lookout for more contests and games with great prizes!

We'll see you in the forum!

The BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent April 23, 2008

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BYC Friends,

It is crazy to think that at least 2,000 new members of this community have never received a www.BackyardChickens.com newsletter! We're either not sending these out enough or we've got a ton of new people joining BYC every day. Well, I guess the answer is BOTH!

Who Knew So Many People Love Chickens?
Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating 7,000 BYC members. Well, we rushed by 8,000 and then 9,000 and we're adding about 50 new friends every day! It is so much fun to see newbie members from a year ago that are now helping the new flock of first time chicken owners. Anybody up for a "Chicken in every BackYard" campaign? (and we all know you can't stick with just one chicken)

New BYC Shirts -"Chillin With My Peeps"
By popular demand we've added a new shirt to the BYC store. Show your support for BYC by sporting this fun new shirt:



http://www.coopedup.net/store/

BYC Sponsors
As the forum grows (can you read 2,500 new posts per day!?) we've been keeping up on the backend with server upgrades. Thankfully we've got a great bunch of sponsors that make it possible for us to keep the forum accessable to the thousands of people that visit every day. Here are the BYC Forum sponsors. Some have been with us from the beginning and some are new. Please visit their sites and let them know you are very glad they are sponsoring BYC!

www.IdealPoultry.com - Breeding farms & hatchery - breeds chickens, bantams& ducks
www.MyPetChicken.com - Everything you need to get started: including baby chicks, chicken coops, accessories & books
www.EggCartons.com - Discount supplier of egg cartons, egg boxes, egg trays & poultry supplies
www.Henspa.com - Maker of the "Ultimate Backyard Coop". With and without wheels
www.McMurrayhatchery.com - The world's largest rare breed hatchery

Best April Fools Ever
What a hoot! Hopefully you were on the forum on April 1, 2008 to partake of the absolute fun we all had. If you missed out on the confusion and sheer craziness you can read all about it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=448407

BYC Coop Design Contest - Win $20 Certificate - Ends 5/1/08
Want to show the world how cool your coop is and also win a $20 gift certificate to the BYC store? Add a BYC coop page into the coop design contest:

IMPORTANT: Even if you don't think you have a "pretty coop" and/or aren't interested in winning the contest, we still need you to create a coop design page that will help the community and future chicken owners! Simply follow the instructions at the link below.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=37373

New BYC Forum Moderators
Well, seeing that we've just about doubled the number of members to our community, we've tried to keep up by adding moderators. The existing staff put their collective noggins together and pick some peeps that have proven themselves as helpful, mature, and level headed community members. We then run them through a gauntlet of questions, FBI level background screeening, and finally a lie detector test with a broody hen on their lap. Well, of the many that were called, here are the ones that were chosen:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=48116

Friendly Reminder
If you haven't done so, please post to the following:

Faces with a name: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20934
Where did you hear about BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5616
How did you come up with your screen name: http://backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3000

We'll see you in the forum!

BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent June 22, 2008

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Hey Chicken Enthusiasts,

Time again for another BackyardChickens newsletter! Here's what's going on at BYC:

Forty New Coop Pages Added:
Our coop design contest ended in May and we were so impressed with the submissions we ended up choosing three winners! The timing for these new coop pages couldn't have been better! Thousands of new chicken owners have young birds that are ready to leave the bator for a larger home. People are anxiously visiting the coop design section of the site looking for ideas on coops for their flocks.

But, even with all the these great coops, we always want more! If you've taken pictures of your coop, please put them together with a few sentences and submit them to BYC. Details here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=55148

BYC Image Hosting:
One of the most frequently submitted requests for what our members want added to BYC was the ability to quickly and easily upload photos to the forum. On 5/6 we hit the 10,000 member mark and decided to celebrate the occasion with a new feature: BYC Image Hosting! To learn how to submit your images to BYC, click here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=52145

BYC Traveling Mascot(s):

Introducing Wally the chicken and Howard the duck, the two new BYC traveling mascots. Over 100 people have already signed up to host a mascot. Click on the link below to join in the fun, see pics of where the mascots have been and where they are going. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=58009

Buy Sell Trade Upgraded:
One of the busiest sections of BYC is the Buy Sell Trade forum. With our earlier version, you'd see everything from chick eggs to pigmy goats listed side by side. You'd also see your post quickly fall to the bottom of the page just a few moments after posting. We've made some exciting changes that have really made a huge difference. Keep in mind, even with these changes it is still VERY important for members to post their State and details in the subject of the posting. Read more here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=62915

BYC Crazy Egg Swap:
Looking to interact with some of your BYC friends? Looking to hatch some exciting new eggs? Check out this fun egg swap (already 160 pages of swapping fun): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=59843

Progressive Chick Identification Pictures:
Most (if not all) of us have dealt with trying to identify the breed and/or gender of our young chicks. A group of our members got together and started a wonderful project to make this process easier. Please help support this noble endeavor by submitting your chick pics for the good of the community:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=61033

Another Friendly Reminder:
With over 3,000 new members to our community since the last newsletter we've got a lot of people who may not know about these important threads below. If you haven't already done so, please visit and reply to the following fun threads:

Put a Face with a name: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20934
Where did you hear about BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5616
How did you come up with your screen name: http://backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3000
We'll see you in the forum!

BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent July 19, 2008

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Hi!

Here's the BackyardChickens July newsletter!

Sale On BYC Shirts:
To celebrate hitting 13,000 members (doesn't it seem like just a few months ago we were celebrating 8,000 members?!?) we decided to have a 20% off sale on select BYC shirts. Sale ends 7/25/08
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=71113

New Sister Forums:
In addition to BYC's sister site www.TheEasyGarden.com we've now added 2 new sites to the family:
www.BackYardCows.com and www.SufficientSelf.com. Come take a look or read more about them here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=71505

BYC Is Green:
Starting last month, each of the servers running BYC are backed by a commitment to offset the total carbon-footprint of the system by at least 110 percent! You can read more here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=64344

A huge thanks to the BYC Forum Sponsors for providing the resources needed to host with a company that not only desires to help the environment but also has really stable hardware and software! Please continue to support our sponsors:

EggCartons.com - Discount supplier of egg cartons, egg boxes, egg trays, poultry supplies
Henspa.com - Maker of the "Ultimate Backyard Coop". With and without wheels
IdealPoultry.com - Breeding farms & hatchery - breeds chickens bantams & ducks
McMurray Hatchery - The world's largest rare breed hatchery
MyPetChicken.com - They can supply everything you need to get started including baby chicks, chicken coops, accessories and books

Quick Banners For BYC:
We often get requests for banners that members can use to link from their sites to BYC. We've made it easy to copy and paste code to your site. Check them out at the link below (thanks to user amyquilt for helping create some fun new designs). https://www.backyardchickens.com/byc-banners.html

New BYC Section:
One of the commonly discussed topics on BYC is that of local laws and regulations and how they relate to raising chickens. We've created a new section on the site specific to this important topic:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=72851

A huge thanks to all the members for making BYC such a wonderful, fun, and family friendly place to be by keeping the rules and posting appropriate topics ! Working together we can fulfill the goal to have a chicken in every yard!

We'll see you in the forum!

BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent September 1, 2008

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Top Of The Summer To Ya!

Anybody else wondering where Summer went? Maybe it's under that forever-broody hen that NEVER gets off her nest?

Well, before the Summer officially ends we wanted to get out one last Summer BYC newsletter!

Friends With Benefits:
15,000 friends to be exact! With all those new BYC members comes even more chatter, much of which happens via Private Messages. To celebrate 15K BYC members we've boosted PM storage by a whopping 50%. This gives you and all of your friends even more BYC benefits! Read more here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=84931

Are You A Winner? Coop Contest Ends 9/15:
Well, you can be with our BYC Coop Design contest... win a $20 BYC gift certificate! Hopefully all of you new members (ok, and old members) who haven't submitted a coop design with pictures to BYC will do it soon... especially because the contest will be ending on 9/15/2008! Here are a few things that will help you get your BYC coop page designed quick:

Coop Contest: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=55148
BYC Page Instructions: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2-Personal_Pages
Upload pics to BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=52145
Create a BYC Page in 20 seconds: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=75877

More Chickens Than People?:
Let's find out. Add your flock to the count. We're getting close to more chickens than members of the forum!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=75503&p=1

Favorite Bumper Stickers:
We quickly learned which 2 bumper stickers were people's favorites... especially when we ran out a couple months ago. Well, they are back in stock and we've even discounted them if you buy the two together. Click the link below for more info:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=85668


We'll see you in the forum!

The BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent October 23, 2008

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Some people think that Fall and Winter is meant to be a time of rest, a time to take a break after a crazy fun-filled Summer. Well, this hasn't been the case at BYC! We've had a TON of stuff going on since the last newsletter and a bunch of things planned over the next few weeks. This being the case we thought we should get this newsletter out ASAP!

Forum Stats:
We zipped past 16,000 members and then 17,000 members, and soon to be 18,000 members! All of you are still pretty chatty, which is evident by the 1.1 million posts on the forum! 45 new members a day are signing up and the group is posting 3,500 times a day (2.4 posts every minute of every day).

To help keep our members a bit more organized we upgraded the "online" member list on the bottom of the homepage of the forum. One new addition is tracking the most people ever online. If everyone logs in when they get this email we may be able to beat the current max!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=97736

Double Image Storage:
We all love to show off pics of our feathered friends. To help with this obsession we've doubled the amount of picture storage space for our members.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=90537

BackYardChickens University:


We're really excited to announce the new BYC University clothing line! We've worked hard on the design and took the suggestions from our members regarding which clothing color options to make available. To help make sure you get what you want, we've setup a form to take pre-orders (no pre-payment needed). The pre-orders will close on Sunday evening and we'll put the order in on Monday. If you want one of these, make sure you get your pre-order submited ASAP! Click the link below to see more sample images and to pre-order:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=98835

Upgrades to the BYC Member Pages:
We've been listening to your feedback and have added a pageview counter to the bottom of every member's BYC page. You can check out all the pages by going to the link below. Please try your hand at creating your own page to be added to the main BYC site!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/pages.php

BYC Coop Contest Winners:
We had so many great submissions that we ended up giving out a ton more prizes than expected:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=92970

A new coop contest has begun here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=92959

Upgrades to the BYC Coop Pages:
Over the years we've been manually adding the amazing coop pages submitted by our members to BYC. After a lot of design changes and programming work we improved the update process and the navigation of the coop pages. Within each coop page you'll see links to the previous and next coops in that section! NOTE: If you have a coop page submitted to BYC but do NOT have these links at the top of your coop page, please let us know!!! Read more about this upgrate here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=95604

Thanks to everyone for making BYC such a wonderful place to be.

We'll see you in the forum!

The BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent December 01, 2008

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Brrr... anybody else notice that it's been getting cold lately? Time to snuggle up with a nice warm BYC newsletter!

BYC University Clothing:
Speaking of keeping warm: The pre-orders for the BYC University Clothing went really well. In fact, we ordered a bunch of extra items (hoodies, sweatshirts, longsleeves and even tees) for those that didn't get a chance to pre-order.

(oh, BTW, the Latin on the BYC-U clothing translates loosely: "In Every Yard A Chicken!"
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=106901

Super Shirt Sale:
We're busting at the seams with BYC stuff and to help clear some space in Terrie's house we're offering a huge discount on older BYC shirts. Only $10 for any of the older BYC shirts!

Styles, sizes, and colors for all the BYC items are limited to the stock on hand in Terrie's guest room. So hurry and put in your order before the stuff is gone!
http://www.coopedup.net/store/

BYC In Newsweek:
There is an amazing movement happening throughout the US towards raising chickens in your backyard. Most of us are already well aware of the merits of keeping our own flock of egg machines and we've just been waiting for everyone else to come around and see the light. Well, it is finally happening!

There are tons of articles and stories in the news about raising chickens. In fact, we were very pleased to see an article on Newsweek.com linking to BYC earlier this month! You can read more at the link below:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=106134

BYC Fall Coop Contest Ending:
Meteorologically, Fall ends right now and Astronomically, Fall ends 12/22. We're going to split the difference and end the BYC Fall Coop Contest on 12/12/08. Get your coop pages updated and submitted at the link below and you could be the winner of a $20 BYC Gift Certificate!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=92959

BYC Breed Pages - Help Needed:
Before we know it Spring will be here and BYC will have a FLOOD of thousands of visitors looking for information on what breeds to start, or add to their flocks. We need your help in creating the best personalized breed pages on the internet. We want to read your first-hand experiences and see your pictures. Please join in the brainstorming on the forum and help us create some amazing BYC Chicken Breed Pages!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1016155

Improving BYC - Forum Organization:
As you're probably well aware, we are constantly trying to improve the forum experience for all our wonderful members. We also listen to your feedback on how to make the forum easier to navigate. For this reason we've made some big changes to some of the most popular sections of the forum. You can read the details here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=102435

Oh, and one of the new social sections is a place to introduce yourself. If you are new, or even if you're a long time member of BYC, you are welcome to tell us a bit about yourself in the new section:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=40

Thanks to everyone for making BYC such a wonderful place to learn and share.

We'll see you in the forum!

The BYC Team

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Sent January 29th 2009

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Hi Chicken Friends!

This is the first BYC Newsletter of 2009 and we're really excited about the new year. We know this is going to be the biggest and best year BYC has ever seen and we're so thrilled to have you be a part of it!

Below are some highlights since the last newsletter:

BYC In USA Today:
We're seeing more and more proof of the growing excitement (addiction) towards raising backyard chickens. This trend is evident in the many news stories covering the craze. We were very excited to see BYC get mentioned in the online and print version of USA Today (inside front cover). Read more here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=117665

22,222 Member Contest:
It seems like we're breaking BYC records all the time. We had hundreds of guesses and we're watching the counter closely to see who guessed when BYC will have 22,222 members. See updates here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=114085

Search BYC Forum With Google:
With over 1.3 MILLION posts on BYC we wanted to give you even more ways to find the info you need faster. This is why at the top right of every page on the BYC Forum you'll see a "Google Custom Search" tool. You can read more about the BYC Search Tools here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=47494

New BYC Moderators:
With 55 new members a day and 5,000 new posts per day (and it isn't even Spring yet) we decided it was time to add some more strength to our already stellar group of moderators. "Gumpsgirl" and "The Chicken Lady".

Golden Feather Members:
We get a lot of requests from members for more Private Message and Image Hosting space and for Custom User Titles. To accommodate these peeps we've created the Golden Feather Member group. Learn more about it here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=120457

BYC Coop Contests:
Fall contest winners:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1324405#p1324405

New coop contest:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=113624

Featured Sponsors:
Here are some of our new and recently renewed sponsors. These sponsors help keep BYC free. Please visit them and tell them you appreciate their sponsorship of BYC.

www.MtHealthy.com - A hatching tradition for over 80 years!
www.MyPetChicken.com - Everything you need to get started raising chickens
www.RandallBurkey.com - Traditional poultry products since 1947
www.Critter-Cages.com - Your one stop shop for all your critter's housing needs
www.FlemingOutdoors.com - Your Online Farm & Outdoor Supply Store
Thanks to everyone for making BYC such a wonderful place to learn and share.

We'll see you in the forum!

The BYC Team