New and Excited to Be Here
Hi everyone! Do you guys still do these intros? (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We got our first chickens early 2023 and have had 105 chickens in our home in that time....
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New backyard crazy chicken lady
Hello, I'm in Albany oregon. I need to sell 2 of my chickens ASAP! I have 1 Rhode island red and a 1 Bard rock (Plymouth) laying hens. They were hatched near me. And are free-range happy chickens I...
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Hello to everyone, I'm a 68-year-old, 100% combat-disabled veteran, (and please, before you say... "thank you for your service," think about just what that phrase really means...) who's still battling...
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I am new member. I live in Louisiana and my husband and I have 7 Hens less than a year old. A couple of days ago our white leghorn was bleeding from her rear but was able to lay an egg. we noticed she...
View ArticleHello from Alabama
Hello friends. I'm new in the BYC and in the chicken experience. I'live and work in in the Madison and Morgan counties in Alabama. I want to learn about chickens.
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Hi, I am new but have used this site for a long time. I have a few Isa Browns and the rest of my beautiful flock are Blue Australorps. I have had chickens most of my life and they are just the best pets.
View ArticleHello from South Africa!
Hi I’m new! I am in South Africa, and recently started down the slippery slope of keeping backyard chickens.. I now have a few Black Copper Marans, Araucana (only one), Ameraucana, Rhode Island Red,...
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Hello from my backyard chicken keeping coop in Haverhill, Mass!
This is my first time posting. I've lurked for a few years. I've been an avid backyard chicken keeping hobbyist for over 25 years. I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences with everyone now!
View ArticleIntroducing Myself from Southern California
Hello, I'm Lori. I live in Riverside County, California. I live in 1/2 acre and have 4 New Hampshire Reds, 1 Polish and about 30 courternix Quail. I also have 4 California Desert Tortoises (2 adults...
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Carolina Coop in Southern California
Hello to All’ Y’all…! I’m very new, getting ready and so excited to build my coop here in Southern California. Please, is there anyone in SoCal area with a Carolina Coop made “California Coop” I may be...
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Hello, a beginner with hens, absolutely love them, and so does everything else. thankyou all for your imput and wisdom.
View ArticleOld member who never made introductions
Hey from New England. I’ve been keeping chickens as a hobby since 2020. We currentry have 16 chickens (Brahmas, Orpingtons, Polish, Wyndotte, Easter Egger, Black Sex-Link and a Barred Plymouth Rock...
View ArticleNew on block and love it already
Hello everyone, new here and always read before but never joined. Kept and bred quail for years (as a hobby and release as they just make me laugh, nice eggs and they taste great). Now settled and have...
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Suburban chicken family
Hello from Ontario, Canada! We are a suburban family raising 2 Azure Blue chicks. They are 3 weeks old. We have received them 2 weeks ago from our son’s school - they were covering “Green Technologies”...
View ArticleOrpington crazy in so cal
Hi I’m Jessica. I’m 40 and moved to middle of nowhere California from San Diego December 2020. I used to be succulent crazy but phelan California is a different life. Sd is the city phelan is the...
View ArticleHello All! Do I hear clucking? 😉
Hello everyone, I'm new to this whole forum thing and whatnot...mmhm. Just want to say hi, I look forward to learning and sharing with everyone.
View ArticleNature Loving Gamers and Chicken Fans
We have 6 Buff Orpingtons that we keep for their eggs, which are amazing. We're also gamers (computer games) so we have set up interactive content and web cams to get our gaming friends to appreciate...
View ArticleDr. Danielle Marie
I am new to having chickens! I am having issues I just took the 2nd almost dead chicken home today to my house because she was attacked by the flock. I put her in the cage at home with the other...
View ArticleRescued Chickens Needing Assistance
This morning in Tacoma, WA (on S 56th Street between Alaska and Asotin) I heard a huge kerfuffle in my side yard and my indoor cats went crazy. I looked out the window to see a coyote carrying off a...
View ArticleNice to meet you everyone!
A warm hello from Greece! Many thanks to all of you for helping me since last year with your already uploaded posts! My relationship with chickens as a kid was just watching them in my grandmothers...
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Hello BYC Fam!!
Hello from middle Tennessee! My husband and I have 12 silkie chickens in our backyard run who we just adore. We currently have 10 pullets and 2 cockerels, all between 4-9 months old. We got them from a...
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I am new here and have more chickens than is healthy(37 chickens) but I love every one of them!
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I am a new member & on here just looking for more info & tips on how to care for waterfowl. I have had chickens & ducks before but have had to give them away. This time I had 3 Rouens(2...
View ArticleHowdy from Texas!
I've depended on this website for years to answer all my chicken questions. Finally made it official today. We have a variety of chickens plus mutts. We raise chickens for eggs. They are free-ranged on...
View ArticleHello! From Alton Tx
Hi everyone! I'm excited to be a part of backyard chickens. We have six 2 month old bantams. We chose random chicks when we got them and I'm eager to find out what breed they are if anyone can help us...
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Hey everybody new member here very new to chicken parenting and looking forward to getting help from all you guys and maybe one day even being able to help y’all out here and there. These are my babies...
View ArticleHello from France! I'm new here!
Hello, people! I... don't know if I'm doing that right : never in my life have I posted on a forum before... I don't know how to do that right, so I hope for your leniency if I am doing something...
View ArticleNew Member- from Michigan
Hello. I am a first-time chicken owner. I Just hatched 11 out of 12 eggs of Lavender Orpington chickens. They are a week old as of yesterday. I am from Michigan. I am so excited to see these babies...
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Hi I'm new here I don't have any chickens yet but i'm planing on getting some in the future so im researching about them now
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Is there a way to know if this is an Ameraucana or an Easter Egger?
We bought this chicken as a baby from Bomgaars back in May. It recently started laying mint/blue eggs. It was advertised as an Ameraucana but I wondered if it really is or if it is an EE. Is there a...
View ArticleHelp hatching chicks
Hi all I am hatching eggs in an incubator 10 of the 17 hatched already and more are pipping, one of my chicks in the process of hatching got its leg stuck in the hole it made, it is like that for at...
View ArticleDo armadillos eat chicken?
I just found my chicken dead about an hour ago. She was found ripped apart right near where an armadillo has been living. Is it possible an armadillo would eat a chicken? I feel like if it was any...
View ArticleIntroduction
Hello, and thank you for letting me join this wonderful community. I first started my chicken journey just wanting some eggs and cute feathery birds for our new one-acre backyard back in 2017. Now, we...
View ArticleHowdy from No East Texas
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I raised them from the farm in Ky as a child, then a time or two along the way (2) How many chickens do you have right now? well our flock...
View ArticleHow to develop American game bantam
Hello people at backyard chickens I was wondering I am trying to develop American game bantam I have bb red old English game bantam and red jungle fowl If any one has any ideas please share
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me and the flock say hello!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Me and my family own chickens since Feb 2023. First it was just 4 hens, then we incubated 8 more, so it was 12. Now we have 8 as we gave...
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Hello everyone, here is my introduction. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Pretty new, first got chickens a couple months ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 8...
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Hi there!
I've been checking out this fantastic website for quite a while now but have only just decided to create an account. It's great to be here officially. I know I'm going to learn a lot about raising a...
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Hello From Canada!
Happy to be a part of the community ! My small flock started with a friend gifting her bullied hen with curly toes to me. Since then it’s been slowly growing, and I’m always looking for opinions and...
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Hi! We are new here. Our 12 year old daughter hatched chicks in an incubator in October. We borrowed the incubator from a friend and she gave us some of her eggs to hatch. They are all...
View ArticleNewbie, Happy to be here from Colorado!!
I was raised on a farm and the chickens were my responsibly from an early age. I absolutely fell in love with them. My husband and I currently have 10 Dark Brahma chickens, 2 Roo's and 8 Hens. We have...
View ArticleHigh Fibro Naked Necks
Hey chicken weirdos! I got some Ayam Cemani cross Naked Necks. They are several generations down. Hens are ridiculously dark. The rooster I got is not as dark as some showgirl roos I got. I'm hoping...
View ArticleNew member with lots of babies!
Hey there! I'm new here but I've been reading threads on the website for years now. I have silkies, fizzles, Easter Eggers and 11 ducks ( more to come!!) I'm highly addicted to my babies and want to...
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Hello! I’m new to the site. Thank you for allowing me in! There are so many things to look at on here. Loving this already!
View ArticleHello from Idaho! Excited to learn and get good advice
Almost a year ago I bought 8 chicks from a farm store near Boise. Bantoms and Rhode Island reds. Had one fatality, my cat, she’s since learned she will be removed from the new family if it happens...
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