- Jul 11, 2012
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Greetings. I have been reading here for many weeks and found the site very informative and interesting. I finally joined today so I could start asking some questions that might get me over the hump to getting my first birds.
I have none right now but I am planning for some soon. I'd like to have about a dozen layers to supply eating eggs with, on occasion, sitting them to get chickens for the freezer. I'd also like to keep about a half-dozen each of ducks and geese to parent new birds used for meat and the occasional specialty egg.
I found BackYardChickens.com by Googling for duck related information.
My wife and I have been married for 39 years. We have 3 grown children and 8 grandkids with number 9 on the way. We live on 2.68 acres where we've raised pigs a couple of times and gardens a few years out of the past 18. We would both like to become more self-sufficient. We are getting more and more afraid of buying anything "fresh" from the grocery store.
We look forward to participating and sharing with the group for a long time.
Thanks,
Deb and Dale
I have none right now but I am planning for some soon. I'd like to have about a dozen layers to supply eating eggs with, on occasion, sitting them to get chickens for the freezer. I'd also like to keep about a half-dozen each of ducks and geese to parent new birds used for meat and the occasional specialty egg.
I found BackYardChickens.com by Googling for duck related information.
My wife and I have been married for 39 years. We have 3 grown children and 8 grandkids with number 9 on the way. We live on 2.68 acres where we've raised pigs a couple of times and gardens a few years out of the past 18. We would both like to become more self-sufficient. We are getting more and more afraid of buying anything "fresh" from the grocery store.
We look forward to participating and sharing with the group for a long time.
Thanks,
Deb and Dale
from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. 
