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Hello I’m Tiawna! I’m 33, live in California and new to owning chicks. I have 6 babies that are now about 8 days old :) 2 German shepherd dogs and some African dwarf frogs :) love animals and love organic gardening.

Hi chat, once again I’m back with a question bc aint I always. im currently in my last few years of high school but I also had the responsibility of 11, possiblly 12 animals ontop of my homework and online classes n get in trouble if I don’t take care of them all. I know people have way more...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My parents had a flock of chickens on our horse farm when I was in middle and high school, but I didn't interact with our 'farm' animals all that much. My husband also grew up with backyard chickens, but was much more involved. We...

I've been doing research on chickens for a year or so, and I am just about to get 3! (Ayam cemani mix, barred rock, and a copper maran.) SOOOOO exited! I'll add pics when I get the girls! Especially exited for the ayam mix, as we don't realy know what she is mixed with.

Hi! My name is Sharon - I’m a wife and mama of 6 kiddos. We have our own little patch of heaven in central pa-We enjoy a tiny garden mainly growing peppers and tomatoes. We have 5 goats for fun,9 hives of honey bees, a few barn cats, 3 spoiled in house cats, and 2 dogs (cattle dog border collie...

Hi there, I don’t have chickens but I do have ducks. It happened by accident really. I had a mama duck nest in a planter box I had. End of June checked on them. Only one baby hatched and couldn’t get out on its own. So I helped them out and off they went with their mama. That was that. She...

Hello! I’m so excited to be a part of BYC! I’m on the FB page and have come here for help in the past, so I’m excited to finally join in on all the chicken fun. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, we bought our first chicks in March and we...

I’m new to chickens and BYC. I have 6 chickens! (4 are golden comets and 2 are buff orpingtons)

I'm finally joining BYC now that I've got a nice flock of my own! This past March I kick-started my dream of a sustainable homestead and purchased 6 day old chicks; I had 3 barred rocks, 2 leghorns, 1 Rhode Island White. Then I couldn't help myself and got two silkies, a blue and chocolate...

Hello, Fell in love with raising and caring for chickens about 5 years ago. I live in central North Carolina and currently have about 30 various breeds of chickens. Mine free range but I do lock them up at night and if the air activity is really active 🦅! Presently having a bit of a snake...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I got my first 3 last October (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 3 (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Salmon Faverolle's and 1 Light Brahma (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? Watching them...

hi! my name is ava! i’m in cali and have a small backyard flock of 3 adult chickens and 3 chicks. there’s one rooster, and two hens. i love chickens so much! i had my first flock when i was only 9 years old. i also have 2 kitties (duchess and duke), 3 fish (fish, chips, and fry), and one...

Hi my name is Grace. I just started raising quail and chicken from the incubator and it’s been fun! Just wanted to introduce myself since I’m new here.

Hey! flow: (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got my first chickens last year! I’m on my second batch of chicks now! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8 chicks 4 Roos 8 hens We also have a mixed breed flock of ducks! (3) What breeds do you have...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - Im new to chickens, and the house we just bought came with a coop. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? - 7 Chickens(hopefully mostly hens) They got hatched from eggs and they are around 8 weeks old now. (3) What breeds...

My wife (Callie) and I (Hunter) bought our first flock of day-old chicks in early 2021, a few months after getting married. I grew up raising chickens from pullets, but raising from day-olds was new to me. Raising chickens in general was new to Callie, so it has been a fun adventure for both...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -When I was 2 years old, my mother brought home some retired egg-factory chickens. They were so happy to be out of that place, I could do anything with them! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? -Honest answer? Our...

I have been reading a lot about chickens on this forum since 2019. My neighbors had a coop with 8 chickens and gave me 3 new baby chicks they got. I kept the 3 together in a temporary coop/dog pen but always had the option to send them next door to stay with the neighbors’ chickens. One...

I got my first 4 chickens 3 months ago, now I'm up to 19 chickens, I have a lot of different breeds, some australorps, araucana, sulmtaler, leghorn, darf chicks, dwarf cochin, appenzeller and some where I'm not sure about the breed exactly. :thumbsup I love keeping chickens because everyone has...