Announcement Please Help & Reply To Unanswered Threads

[Nifty-Chicken]

BYC has been blessed with a HUGE influx of new peeps over the past 3 months, but with all these new members come a LOT of new questions.

Unfortunately a lot of questions have gone unanswered, and this can be a poor experience for our fellow peeps, especially when it happens to brand-new members!

We'd like to encourage everyone to take a moment and look through the Unanswered Posts here: (list without BST section) : https://www.backyardchickens.com/pages/unanswered/

(with BST, etc. https://www.backyardchickens.com/find-threads/unanswered)

... and focusing on the oldest items, see if you can give a helpful and friendly reply to a handful of posts. If every active member chips in a little-bit wherever they can be of assistance, we could have every new thread have a response

In some cases you might have a great answer, in other cases, it might be really helpful to point the person to another thread with answers, and in other situations, it might be beneficial to ask for more details and information that the OP (original poster) left out.

So, take a look, remember what it was like to be a brand-new chicken-owner who needed help, and do your best to "pay-it-forward" by replying to a few unanswered threads!

 

[Kiki]

Imagine if someone didn't answer/help you.

We got this.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Many hands make light work

 

[Chickassan]

One down a bunch to go.
Lots of duck questions, im duck dumb a quackologist is needed.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I've had this happen to me and it was disheartening when you see how many other threads got quick responses. I try now to respond even when I don't have an answer... I'll at least say as much to help bump the post and let the OP know that they are being heard.

 

[casportpony]

I answered a few of the peafowl, turkey, Predators and Pests, and geese, ones. Also reached out to some other members for help.

 

[ronott1]

I've had this happen to me and it was disheartening when you see how many other threads got quick responses. I try now to respond even when I don't have an answer... I'll at least say as much to help bump the post and let the OP know that they are being heard.

Thanks for helping!

 

[casportpony]

I noticed two forums that really need more attention, it's the baby chicks and incubation forums.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

I'll try to answer some. Let's have a look-see....

 

[jonalisa]

I haven't read this entire thread, so my apologies if this has been mentioned.
In the Emergencies forum, I think there is an issue that is common.
Some of us want to help but:
a. We worry that we know enough to help a little but not enough to resolve the issue or don't want to suggest something that may be wrong...
AND/OR
b. We want to (at least) post to say, "I read your post, hang in there" (or some bit of info that is helpful - if not a solution) BUT if they DO post, the thread will then show a response (in the list of posts) and a more experienced person might skip over it.

Maybe there should be a box to tick (or something similar) that the OP can check when they feel they have the answer they need. Then others should be made aware that the poster still needs help unless the post is marked "resolved".

Honestly, I think more people would be willing to at least try to help - but don't want to ruin the poster's chances of getting help by someone more knowledgeable. And some people who can help may see a post has many replies and so assumes the issue is resolved.