Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us! On the settings when you post (above where you type) there is a smiley face. Click that and it will give you options on which emoji you want.
X2 When you are in the reply box like I am typing here, you will see a bunch of tabs above the box. Click on the one with the smilie and you can get to all the different smilies.
Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to joined the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC.