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[RebelEgger]

Hello from Nova Scotia and welcome to BYC! You’ve joined a great and resourceful community! Enjoy your journey!
Good luck sorting out your flock now and keeping them safe

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUN-omenal Flock!

I hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do!

 

[HappyDuckie]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined, and I hope you enjoy it here.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[BeanBoy]

Howdy and welcome to BYC

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Hello!

Like a lot of people recently, I got chicks during early quarantine in March.

We started out with 3 silkies, 5 Buff Orpington, Bantam Rooster, 2 Barred Rock, and a Jersey Giant.
Everything was going great until we tragically lost 8 birds in a matter of minutes to a fox.
Since then they have been kept in the run which is sad since we have such a great yard for them but the best decision until we can figure out how to better protect them from predators.

After losing most of our birds, we brought in 4 Ameraucanas, 2 turned out to be roosters which was disappointing. The roosters have become problematic and we are trying to find a solution before one of them gets hurt.

Our Ameraucanas haven't started laying eggs yet, they're about 7 months old. Is this normal? Or do you think there might be an underlying issue?

Excited to have joined this community and to keep learning about raising chickens!

Welcome to BYC! Make yourself at home!

 

[Isaac 0]

Hello, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! I'm so sorry about your losses

 

[drumstick diva]

So sorry for your losses. I consider Dobie Lover very knowledgeable regarding predator protection.I would heed any advice she has to offer.