Hello! I got a house Bantam 🥰

[KoriAndBocboc]

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Very new to chickens. Always wanted a bird, never thought it would be a chicken

(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 1, 8 week old Bantam

(3) What breeds do you have?
1 old world? Speckled Bantam

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

House chicken

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Self taught seamstress,
Self taught carpenter
Self taught everything.
Diy enthusiast.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

Animal lover. Currently have 8 house pets
Bocboc, a dog, bunny, 2 rats, tree frog, and 2 snakes.
I have twin girls who are 8, who are absolutely in love with Bocboc and they named her Rosie twinkle. But she will always be Bocboc to me. She's helping me type this right now pecking away at my screen

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?

My friend who gave me Bocboc recommended this community for information and for me to post about Bocbocs pampered life.

Thank you for having me

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Pictures of Bocboc?

 

[alinas2010]

Welcome! You’ll find all sorts of good information here for your new chicken keeping adventure. Agree on seeing a picture of Bocboc! A bantam is on my wishlist.

 

[Jener8or]

That's neat. I'm a twin, too. Bocboc sounds like a fun chicken. I third the request for pictures if you have any. We are big fans of pictures here.

Are you planning on getting Bocboc a friend? It will probably do okay by itself, but I'm sure another bantam would make Bocboc happy since they are flock animals. They all do have their own personalities, though.

Thanks for joining and welcome to BackYard Chickens!

 

[muddy75]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I'm a self taught everything too! I even cut and color my own hair.

 

[KoriAndBocboc]

I figured out how to upload some pics
I sewed a nest into an old pillow for her to be able to stay close to me at night. She doesn't like being alone in her tank

 

[alinas2010]

Aw cute!! Most chickens love to roost perched on a bar at night to sleep. It keeps them out of their poop, too. You might consider making her some sort of roosting bar to try out

 

[KoriAndBocboc]

Aw cute!! Most chickens love to roost perched on a bar at night to sleep. It keeps them out of their poop, too. You might consider making her some sort of roosting bar to try out

She has a roosting spot that I made a bit thicker and more comfortable to perch on. She does perch on it, but if left alone for too long she cries out.

She roosts on top of the edge of the upside down wooden house. But often will nest in the shavings right under the heat lamp beside the rock I put in there to help keep her warm. The heat lamp is also close enough to her roost that it will keep her warm too. But she seems to enjoy being in little nests, Tucked in like the spoiled Bocboc she is. Lol

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you here with us in this fun and poultry loving community.