MadGardener
Songster
Hi. I'm a chicken newbie in SW Virginia, USA.
My flock came to me in August from some folks who were moving - 2 Golden Comet & 1 ISA Brown hens of unknown age, and 7 Columbian Wyandotte pullets hatched around Easter 2021. So far I've been keeping them in a couple mobile coops (that are too small) with electric netting. We have lots of predators up here in the Blue Ridge mountains (from raccoons and coyotes, to black bears and eagles). The hubby is going to be building a larger coop soon (always rain or another project coming up). Roughly half of the flock is laying on the regular, I plan to harvest a few hens this winter to make room for chicks (interested in Speckled Sussex & Buckeyes mostly, but also colorful eggs). I'd like to try playing with genetics someday.
I left the corporate world about a year ago to start a homestead in the mountains with my husband and elderly mutt. In addition to chicken keeping, I also enjoy gardening, cooking, baking, crafting, and finding creative ways to reuse things. I hope to be adding some goats and meat rabbits to our 7 acres in the next few years. Until then, it's working on neglected home maintenance, and trying to find homes for all the plants I end up with.
I've been enjoying lurking here for the past few weeks, the forums remind me of "the old internet!"
My flock came to me in August from some folks who were moving - 2 Golden Comet & 1 ISA Brown hens of unknown age, and 7 Columbian Wyandotte pullets hatched around Easter 2021. So far I've been keeping them in a couple mobile coops (that are too small) with electric netting. We have lots of predators up here in the Blue Ridge mountains (from raccoons and coyotes, to black bears and eagles). The hubby is going to be building a larger coop soon (always rain or another project coming up). Roughly half of the flock is laying on the regular, I plan to harvest a few hens this winter to make room for chicks (interested in Speckled Sussex & Buckeyes mostly, but also colorful eggs). I'd like to try playing with genetics someday.
I left the corporate world about a year ago to start a homestead in the mountains with my husband and elderly mutt. In addition to chicken keeping, I also enjoy gardening, cooking, baking, crafting, and finding creative ways to reuse things. I hope to be adding some goats and meat rabbits to our 7 acres in the next few years. Until then, it's working on neglected home maintenance, and trying to find homes for all the plants I end up with.
I've been enjoying lurking here for the past few weeks, the forums remind me of "the old internet!"
Hello and welcome to BYC, You found an Amazing Poultry Community to be a part of with many great knowledgeable members, who are more then willing to jump in and help you along your journey with any questions you may have. 
