Bama Bay Farm, LIllian Alabama

[BamaBayFarm]

My names Brad Edwards and I homeschool four kids along the Alabama Gulf Coast. This site has been really helpful over the years and it was about time I joned. I use chicken guard and rigged it up with braided fishing line, have a homemade dust bather in the run, stapled wire to 2x4 to create an in run food plot and bought forager organic chicken seed blend from grow organic, have 2x 50 gallon trash cans with side nipple feeders one in run and one in coop, and feed layer, corn, meat, leftovers. I would like to let free range more but on christmas day we had a 30" chickenhawk/coopers hawk/redshoulder "white looking" hawk maul one of our ladies and our rooster fought it off, very awesome christmas story and everyone was okay .

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Not new to chickens but not overly experienced either.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
14
(3) What breeds do you have?
Amerucana, Easter Egger, TN Red, Orphington, Cemani
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
Its pretty much everywhere
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Surfing, Fishing, Permaculture Agriculture
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share. I homeschool four kids and am creating sustainable agriculture with ideas like food forests, edible landscaping, etc. When I stop homeschooling I will cut grass, do landscape design, and farm full time.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us.

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread


Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Welcome to BYC!!!

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[BamaBayFarm]

Hey thanks yall for the warm welcome, this site is really amazing. I have been lurking for a couple of years now and honestly don't know if I could have done it without this site.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[N F C]

Hi Brad, it's nice to have you here!

There are quite a few gardeners here on BYC...here's one thread I like to follow, feel free to pop in and join the conversations:
gardening-for-old-folks-adaptative.1211633 (and no, you don't have to be 'old' to participate )

Make yourself at home here, thanks for joining us!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[BamaBayFarm]

Thanks NFC, gardening advice and setting up your garden like your old is pretty big. Personally the easiest way to garden I have found after watching people, myself included, picking things like watermelon, turnips, onion etc is pull the beds up higher, plant less, and #1 is stay away from Annuals and gear more toward fruit trees and bushes.

 

[sourland]

Hello, Brad, welcome to BYC.