Bought my first chicks today.

[coopdeville15]

I'm a total noob to raising yard birds and bought our first chicks today. I had built a coop and was expecting to buy some older pullets, but when the wife and I got to the feed store, all they had left were young chicks. So without much forethought, we had to improvise a temporary brooder when we got home. We purchased two each of Amerucauna, Barred Rock, Production Reds and three Buff Orpingtons for a total of nine chicks. I'm thinking of building a temporary brooder in my coop to get the new chicks off our sun porch.
We live in SE Louisiana and enjoy our vegetable garden and citrus trees. We have decided to raise laying hens for fun and food. We have enough property that we can do some free ranging when the chicks grow up some, perhaps with a portable enclosure. The current coop is 6' x 12' with a second level roosting area and nesting boxes.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided join our flock. Definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is loads of useful information there that will keep you from making beginners' mistakes. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your chicks.

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC!

You have a nice flock of chicks there! Hope you enjoy yours as much as we have. They can be so entertaining, and nothing beats chicken tv.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for joining us!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Congratulations - you are lucky to live in a warm climate, so you can get the brooder out of the house. Hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do.

 

[sunflour]

glad you have joined us and congrats on your new baby chicks.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to our community!

So glad you could join BYC! Congratulations on buying your first chicks. Bringing home new babies can be so exciting! You've picked out some excellent breeds. All four breeds should be very good layers (you'll get lovely green eggs from the Americanas) and should have docile temperaments, too. Sounds like you've built a nice coop for your chickens! A lot of people build coops that are too small, but your coop has more than enough space. I'm sure your chickens will greatly enjoy it!

Welcome to our flock and I hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We'll be happy to help.

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm glad you joined our community!

Congratulations on your new chicks! You chose some great breeds to start out with.

 

[coopdeville15]

Thanks all for the warm welcome to BYC! I'm sure I'll have many questions in the near future. At this point I "don't know what I don't know" and will need to do some browsing of all the info on this site to be able to formulate my questions. Thanks again!