newbie but not totally in the dark

First post, forgive me if im doing it wrong☺ I'll let the picture show the weather but this week is as cold as it ever gets where I live. My birds are a barnyard mix that I've raised from 1 day to week 8. There are 8 and they are housed with eleven 9 week old Guinea Fowl. They've been together...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes I am new to chickens. I have had them a few months now. My husband introduced me to chickens as he has grown up raising farm animals. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 22 (3) What breeds do you have? Barred Rock...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? yes I’m totally new. Thought about it for years but this is our first foray. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 10 incubating eggs (3) What breeds do you have? Unknown possible black silkies or mixture (4) What are your...

Hi all! My name is Eric. I live in Lake Nebagamon Wisconsin and am newish to raising chickens. Helped my parents with theirs as a kid. I’m 30 now and have 2 kids of my own and with our never ending goal of heading towards self sustainability we just got our first batch of chicks not long ago and...

1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had chickens for 2 years (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 2 chickens. I live in the city and we have a limit. I will be getting 2 new chicks in May! (3) What breeds do you have? Gertrude (Barred...

My first time posting, although I've read along for a couple of years. I live in Redmond, WA and we have a backyard chicken ordinance that varies by location in the City. I have 1 Speckled Sussex (Demelza), 2 Easter Eggers (Sarah Conner & Ellen Ripley), 1 Olive Egger (Elizabeth Swann) and 3...

G"day everyone I am the mother of 2 Plymouth Rocks, Thatcher and Speckles, who were born 2 weeks apart from different parents and are now just over a year old. We live in regional QLD and my girls love their morning and afternoon free roaming time, sunbathing and dust bathing. Their favourite...

my husband and are are just building a homestead in kissimmee area on only 1.2 acres but it is huge the way it is positioned and most all in the back and n bordered by beef cattle free ranged on a huge section of state owned agriculture land.We are running electric and water to the area where we...

Hi all! I'm excited to be a part of this group! Here are my responses to the newbie questions... (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am soooo green! I got my chicks in early March. I wanted the eggs. I didn't know I'd get so dang attached. (2) How many chickens do...

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Hello, My name is Katelyn and my husband is Erik. We are semi new to raising backyard chickens. He was worked on a veggie farm from the age of 9 till 18, I grew up in the city and know close to nothing about raising chickens. I've read a lot of posts on here and decided it was time to join...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are totally new to chickens and ducks. We are planning on getting chickens and ducks in about 2 weeks. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0 (3) What breeds do you have? We are planning on getting 4 - 6 ducks...

I'm not a total beginner where yard fowl are concerned. I was born and raised in Northwest Georgia and now live in Southeast Georgia. Conditions here are a little different than where I came from so I just want to make sure my girls are happy and healthy. We've been talking about raising some...