Who persuaded a non-BYC'er to get Chickens?

[Hens_And_Chicks]

That's what happened to us - went to a chicken clinic for 4-H last year, my son held a chicken and could not believe how warm it was. The rest is history. We have gone from 12 broilers (to uncontrollable tears from mom on sale day) to 6 little pullet chicks to buying eggs off ebay... how hard could it be... to buying a bator to just hatching my third batch of eggs and cleaning and disinfecting the bator this afternoon.... waiting on 2 shipments of eggs due to arrive on Tuesday.... after that.... I volunteered to hatch a bator full of chicks for my son's classroom....

I've gone chicken crazy

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Talked my brother to get them, he did but only if I hatch eggs for him, now he just rescued 16 from a foreclosed house. I think he hooked, next is getting him on BYC

 

[chickenannie]

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Just imagine, if all our 25,000 members talked just 3 or 4 people into getting chickens....

I have a number of friends who have considered it, but they don't seem to take that last final step. However, two people I know just got chickens (one got 5 pullets for their orchard and one just ordered a coop). Another one wanted a rooster and several hens but their neighbors got upset just hearing about it, so they didn't get them after all.

 

[tinners204]

A guy I work with got tired of hearing me talk about chickens so he bought 8 chicks off of me. Now he wants more. I told him from the beginning that it would be addictive but he did not believe me. Now he knows why. He knows why too!!!!!

 

[vicki2x2]

I must say, I am a terrible enabler!!

I have talked 4 of my 4-H families into trying poultry now, the last one is trying ducks this year, another is going to get rabbits and geese this year after 2 years with chickens. Yeah, just ask my friends, I think everyone should have lots!!

 

[newchickenfamily]

Count me in....I've ALMOST got one under my belt. My DD has an Occupational Therapist that comes to our house twice a month for the past year.... He LOVES the chickens and couldn't believe how good the eggs were! He's got his wife convinced and they are coop shopping now.

 

[Mom 2em All]

I did! The woman across the street has two from me!

Im working on my neighbor next door- my plan is to tell them I will keep a couple hens for them here because they don't want the work there. That will guarantee they have eggs whenever they lay.

 

[PurpleChicken]

2 of my friends have chickens now that I gave them. They were already
interested but I sorta pushed the issue.

At least another dozen people have chickens I've hatched but most were
BYC members already.

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

My mom is currently having my husband and I help clean out the barn/garage so that she, and her dh can get some chickens.

They have a friend with a HUGE flock of free rangers that live in the same town. But it wasn't until I got the girls and started telling my mom of their personalities and antics, that she became interested in having some of her own.

Now I just have to steer them in the "right" direction on amount of and breeds of. I need to make sure that my mom doesn't end up with 50 potentially completely un friendly chickens.

 

[chickenannie]

Does the coop have to come before the chickens?