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[ajohannamc]

Hey there everyone! I currently live on Long Island and my family and I ( mostly me though ) is getting ready to get some chickens for our house! We have a section in the backyard that we are fencing off for them and we get the coop on Monday. Then, hopefully we get chickens Tuesday!

Only thing is, New York law says that we have to buy chicks with a minimum of six, though we only want two. I would prefer to get chicks so we can train them and understand them instead of getting older hens and seperating them from the rest of the chickens.

I'm hoping I can post somewhere on facebook, or here as a matter of fact of people who are looking to get chickens and then I can sell the four that we do not want to a lovely and NICE chicken lover!

I can't wait to get more familiar with this site and use it often and hopefully everything works out!

<3​

 

[CarpCharacin]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join our wonderful community!
You can sell the chickens that you don't want in the Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade section here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/#buy-sell-trade.67

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome Some places ( I know MyPetChicken does ) will ship a minimum of three .... I personally prefer having three, should you lose a chicken somewhere down the road you will not have a lonely hen. Check out your state thread here, someone close to your location may be able to help getting a few chicks

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

X2 what @fldiver97 said

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new hobby.

Here are some links to useful resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - “How to...” guides
• Great go-to resource - Learning Centre
• Good starting point for browsing the site - Articles
• Insightful feedback on how members manage their flocks - Topic of the Week back-catalogue
• Excellent sources of local information - U.S. States

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Glad that you joined! Good luck with getting your future chick's!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Did you purchase a pre-fabricated coop? If you did, you will want to add a proper run on to it as these coops ALWAYS are grossly undersized for the number of birds they claim to house. I also would recommend that you do not have just 2 birds. If something happens to one of them, the other would be left all alone and that is not good.
Meyer Hatchery in Ohio also has a three chick minimum. Good luck with you new chickens.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site (how to upload photos too):

Coop Ideas:
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[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. For all the reasons already stated 3 is the best minimum size for a flock. Good luck with your birds.

 

[drumstick diva]

Chickens are flock animals and as other responders have mentioned it's best to have 3, so if one is lost- you don't have a solo chick clamoring for a companion.

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