Hi it’s me! The crazy chicken lady of Green Acres hobby farm in Florida! We bought our slice of heaven in 2016 and decided this year to get chickens…

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[N F C]

It's nice to have you here with us!

 

[swampfox440]

Hi, welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you and thanks for joining us.

 

[Boppo]

Congratulations on what sounds like an amazing and fun family farm! Best wishes with the chicks.

Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. All articles are short, and have illustrations, and reviews, which are often worth looking at for the comments.

1. Intro to chicken keeping

2. Common mistakes & how to fix them

3. Ventilation (important to chicken health), with helpful links to coop designs organized by climate (because what is just right for my New England hens won't work for my brother's Arizona chickens)

3(a). Farmers Almanac on Building Coops (Includes size requirements!)

4. Predator protection for new & existing coops

5. Dealing with a muddy coop and run

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your flock.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're happy to have you with us!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Tookie]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

 

[dornellaram]

So far we have 17 young chicks and are growing them out inside while my husband puts the finishing touches on the coop.
We have a big fun family with 6 kids, 2 goats, and a pony. So adding chickens seemed the logical thing to do.

Welcome! What part of Florida are you in? I'm in northeast along interstate 10.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.