Luckyleaf
Chirping
Hi! I'm obviously new around here and very happy to have found this place! I'm 30 years old and I live in Georgia. I've been interested in backyard homesteading for several years now. So much so that when I finally decided to stop renting and take the big leap into owning a home, the backyard size was my #1 priority!
All of my friends on my street owned chickens when I was growing up and I would help with the chores so I guess I'm not completely new to them, but we never owned chickens ourselves. So in this way I kinda feel late to the game and I'm really eager to get started with my own.
I ordered five bantam easter eggers and they're set to arrive in July, but if I finish my chicken coop and run before then, I might get two or three locally since there's an active backyard chicken facebook group around here. My uncle and I have been working on the coop on our days off all month, and it's really coming together! We should have it completely done this week. I'll be designing and building the run myself without help. Thankfully there's so many helpful guides and I can't wait to start!
Once my flock is established I hope to have equal parts easter egger, seabright, australorpe, and faverolle. All bantams. (I know they're out there!) I want to focus on bantams because even though I intend to build a large run and also let them free-range, I don't want them to ever feel like they don't have enough space. That, and also it's miserably hot here in Georgia in the summer so I need something heat tolerant.
Looking forward to keeping chickens because of eggs and also I'm hoping they'll help keep the bugs on the ground to a minimum. Plus they're just darn cute to watch!
A little about me - I work full-time in a local greenhouse. We grow wholesale flowers and plants to landscapers and businesses. It's a big operation so it's hard work, but I'm convinced that working hard keeps you healthy and helps you live longer. I guess that's why I got interested in homesteading, too. I have a dog and an outdoor cat. I like comic book movies and watching cartoons and like to draw when I'm bored - but that rarely ever happens since there's always so much to do!
My dream is to have a backyard homestead that produces eggs, vegetables, fruits, honey, goat milk, and quail meat. But that's a lot more than a single person who works full-time could probably do. Maybe one day when I retire if I add a little bit here and there over the years, right? Even if it never comes true, dreams are great motivation!
So that's me. Tell me about yourselves!
All of my friends on my street owned chickens when I was growing up and I would help with the chores so I guess I'm not completely new to them, but we never owned chickens ourselves. So in this way I kinda feel late to the game and I'm really eager to get started with my own.
I ordered five bantam easter eggers and they're set to arrive in July, but if I finish my chicken coop and run before then, I might get two or three locally since there's an active backyard chicken facebook group around here. My uncle and I have been working on the coop on our days off all month, and it's really coming together! We should have it completely done this week. I'll be designing and building the run myself without help. Thankfully there's so many helpful guides and I can't wait to start!
Once my flock is established I hope to have equal parts easter egger, seabright, australorpe, and faverolle. All bantams. (I know they're out there!) I want to focus on bantams because even though I intend to build a large run and also let them free-range, I don't want them to ever feel like they don't have enough space. That, and also it's miserably hot here in Georgia in the summer so I need something heat tolerant.
Looking forward to keeping chickens because of eggs and also I'm hoping they'll help keep the bugs on the ground to a minimum. Plus they're just darn cute to watch!
A little about me - I work full-time in a local greenhouse. We grow wholesale flowers and plants to landscapers and businesses. It's a big operation so it's hard work, but I'm convinced that working hard keeps you healthy and helps you live longer. I guess that's why I got interested in homesteading, too. I have a dog and an outdoor cat. I like comic book movies and watching cartoons and like to draw when I'm bored - but that rarely ever happens since there's always so much to do!
My dream is to have a backyard homestead that produces eggs, vegetables, fruits, honey, goat milk, and quail meat. But that's a lot more than a single person who works full-time could probably do. Maybe one day when I retire if I add a little bit here and there over the years, right? Even if it never comes true, dreams are great motivation!
So that's me. Tell me about yourselves!
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