new

Hey all! We’re new (well, we will be this spring) chicken owners! Planning on starting small, 6 or 7 chicks, and building a coop. SW Bayfield County, where winter apparently has no intention of going on PTO anytime soon!😉

Hello, i have a new little one that just popped out of its olive colored shell. I know it is a barnyard mix and that the rooster is a maran and the mother was some type of easter egger but i am confused about some of its traits already! Mainly, it has 5 toes! I was under the impression that...

Hi. I don't have chickens yet but want to learn as much as I can. Just for back yard up to 4 birds I'm doing it for the eggs.

Hello Everyone! I haven’t started chicken keeping yet but I’m here to learn all I can. My household just moved into a new house last spring with enough space to set up the small urban homestead of my dreams. We call it Peachy Keen Place. This season we are focusing on getting our vegetable...

Good day, well I’m new to this. I’m not quite sure how to use this but I’m gonna give it a shot. I hv property in a small town in Washington state. I am close to water way. Across the street from me. So with that said I shave a large pond feed by underground springs. And it is full all year...

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is well and prosperous. So my name is Lindsay but I represent my family, the Thompson family. New to homesteading, we only have about a year and a half experience. Our first animals we chickens which we purchased from tractor supply, about 6 of them. We were able...

Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm new to this site, and my family is going to start raising their first chickens and ducks in just a few weeks from now. We are getting them as day-olds from Metzer Farms and My Pet Chicken. For the chickens, we've decided on getting some bantams and standard size...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Relatively new myself, as I have only had my recent chickens for about 9 months which I hatched out of an incubator. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 but currently have a clucky hen sitting on 7 eggs and 14 more in my...

Well for starters I’m new here. Hello! My family and I have the usual cat and dogs and then dove into exotic pets like reptiles to add to our family…. At some point if expanded to wanting to add livestock to our lives. So we started diving into the life of backyard farming. We have a flock of...

hi i just joined this forum so excited to meet everyone, unfortunately today might be my last day joining coz we’re giving our chickens away after an attack :(

Hi all! We just bought our first small farm in central Indiana and although we’ve never raised chickens, the existing coop and run somewhat sealed the deal for us. Excited to learn where/how to start! We want to raise healthy happy chickens!

Hi, my name is Vicki and I am new to backyard chickens. I helped my roomies in California care for 20-30 chickens for a couple of years and found them fascinating. I am in Texas now and I got barred-rock chicks this spring. I raised 8 chicks and gave 5 to a farmer friend. I kept just 3 for...

Hi everyone I own a very small flock (2 turkeys, 4 chickens, some quail and recently newly hatched chicks) I am very new still to owning poultry and theres alot i do not know, but when i initially decided to get them i did alot of researching of what they needed, diseases, common problems, how...

Okay, so I'm completely new when it comes to raising chick's. I've done weeks of research etc but some things you just learn by doing. This leads me to ask, my chick's are about 3 days old and I can see their little feathers starting to come in. I noticed that multiple of them were almost I'm...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am completely new to chickens our first half dozen arrive August 18th (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 0 (3) What breeds do you have? we will have buff orpingtons (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising...

My family and I have ordered half a dozen buff orpingtons hoping to raise them for dual purpose. I have done hours of research but can't seem to find an answer to my question regarding feed. We would like our orpingtons to be layers but eventually use them at our dinner table. Are there any...

Hi, I just got some silkie roosters a couple of weeks back and was told they were buffs but the more I look at them the more I'm not sure. Does anybody know what color they could be?

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...

Hello all, new to byc but I’ve had chickens off and on forever. Now I want my little children to eat healthy eggs and learn about livestock. Just got quail and we are learning to incubate them! Excited to learn what I can here!

(1) Are you new to chickens? Yes, totally new to raising chickens though I currently may be considered a Utube professional due to sheer volume of videos I have been watching on raising chickens! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? None currently but we are getting 10 chicks from...