With only a small daily dosage of time spent at BackYard Chickens, anyone can access a wealth of information as inexhaustible as is cleaning under the roosts.
Key benefits associated with a few minutes a day spent at BYC:
Key benefits associated with a few minutes a day spent at BYC:
- Acquisition of knowledge. Where else can you continue your learning and stay relevant in all matters of chickenship expertise?
- Beat the learning curve. The first few months of chicken ownership are inevitably full of questions that need answers. BYC is a proven invaluable resource that counteracts ignorance in all areas pertaining to poultry.
- Enjoyment. I tried reading a library book about chickens. Honestly, BYC is more fun.
- Specifics. Becoming an expert on the topic of chicken toenails may not have been a choice, but thanks to BYC, it was at least an option.
- Flock safety. Thanks to BYC-related research, I am convinced that my chickens’ coop is safer than my house, in that my house lacks a sufficient predator apron; whereas the chicken coop does not.
- A chuckle a day. Or an hour, depending on how much time is spent gathering information vs. looking at others’ photogenic chickens.
- Keeping it simple. The simplicity of chickens does nothing if not add complexity to all that you thought you knew about keeping them. Pursuit of the simple life will route you to BYC every time.
- Distraction. After all, chickens can distract you from the weight of your own opinions by concerning you with their opinions, e.g., Where to lay an egg (here or there), acceptable vs. unacceptable treat offerings, why your new boots are scary and not okay. In addition to your own chickens’ opinions, other people’s chickens (at BYC) can only contribute to and therefore add value to your distraction.
- Lights out, flashlights on. Your flock may have gone to bed, but the sun is always up for all things relevant to chicken entertainment at BYC.
- Validation. Your immediate family, friends, and relatives may think you have truly slipped over the edge with your undiagnosed mild-to-moderate chicken obsession, but BYC contributors will typically welcome you with open discussions and understanding hearts. We all more or less share the same problem.
- THE CHICKENS. It’s why we do what we do. Which, as a general rule, is way too much, but we have to.
