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Excellent points and ideas. Lumber and isn't a big issue. We just cleared about 2 acres, and I have a buddy with a portable sawmill. We've been busy making boards and timbers when he gets done with work at night. My grand idea was to build a new woodshed near the house with it this summer...

I'd like to get layers as well. The reason I thought starting with meat birds might be a good idea is that my wife has never done anything like this before. -if she finds she just really dislikes raising chickens, it's a much shorter commitment. -if she finds she does like chickens but can't...

As I continue to work my way through the 'required reading' in the welcome message, I have to say... The My ABCs of BYC is just awesome. I'm not sure I would have discovered chicken math without it, LOL.

Same to you! Are you getting much rain and wind? The land we just cleared is now a big giant mud pit... and my five year olds are practically salivating to go play in it!

Yep- I figured today would be a pretty good day to browse the site. We're getting lots of rain via Arthur, so I'm kinda stuck inside anyway. I have a few links left from the welcome message (tons of good info in there!), and I've peeked in the learning center, but I keep getting distracted by...

Thanks Gander. So everyone, I've started to poke around a bit and got very distracted by all the coops and DIY equipment. If I want to flesh out my plan a bit, and run it by some experts, which is the best board to do it on? I was looking for a beginners sub forum or something, but didn't...

Thanks everyone!

Hello everyone, Looking forward to learning from, participating, and enjoying this community. I guess I should start with the sample questions? (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am not new to chickens, although it has been a long time. I raised layers...