Hiya from Western MA!

[WindingRoad]

Nice to meet you
Welcome to Backyard Chickens
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Just a quick question for you. Do you comb and/or groom your chickens daily. They always look so clean and finished.

 

[WindingRoad]

Hello folks!
My husband and I just bought a small farm in western-ish Massachusetts. We've been raising hens for eggs (and fun!) for the last 8 years. One of our original girls is still with us and she still lays about 5 eggs a week! Cinnamon is a wonderful old girl
We have had ducks in the past, but are hoping to get a handful of Muscovies this year to raise with our Cotton Patch goslings. I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am about having geese! They are due to hatch in late April, and I am just counting the days!
Other than poultry, we have cats and a few house rabbits. My daughter is in 4H and will be showing Silkies this year, as well as her Netherland Dwarf bunny. It's going to be an exciting year on the farm, and I am looking forward to learning, sharing, and laughing with the BYC community!
Sincerely,
Clarissa

My nephews used to be in 4-H. They had sheep, beef critters and broiler hens. My oldest nephew could shear a sheep with the best of them. And he won many a blue ribbon in the local agricultural ( thanks Apple for the dictionary app) fairs and broiler festivals. And my other nephews showed Black Angus beef critters. Oh the bluing they went through.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Clarissa and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

We have a contest going on right now just for new folks like you. In order to enter you'll need to copy the link from your first post in this thread and post it in the contest thread.

To copy your link address, right click on the link to your thread and click copy or copy link

then click on the following URL
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Go down to where it says "write your reply..." tell us this is your entry and then click on the link button

Paste your URL into the box and click "insert", then click "Post Reply".

That's all there is to it. Once you've finished this, you're eligible to win a nice BYC Calendar.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!​

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Cynthia12]

WELCOME! Wow, a 5 year old hen still laying 5 times a week. Must be a Sexlink?

 

[Clairendipitylee]

WELCOME! Wow, a 5 year old hen still laying 5 times a week. Must be a Sexlink?

She's actually 8 years old! She was laying daily last summer, and just started up again last week. We get about 4-5 a week from her, even in this chilly weather! She is a Golden Comet

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome! Glad you decided to join us Always nice to hear about senior hens and how well your gal is still doing I have a 10 year old, she laid last year but just the occasional egg. She has not laid (yet) but even my other girls ( 5 years and up) just started within the last 2 1/2 weeks

 

[tanyafan24]

Hi Clarissa, we are also in Western MA and new to this site. Good luck!