Dared myself to own chickens

Spartan22

Crowing
10 Years
Sep 2, 2014
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Back in April 14' while @hardware/feedstore I saw some newly hatched chicks for sale, I was kind of curious how to take of them, I grew up in a big city and never own one. Needless to say by the time I was done gathering infos I ended up daring myself to take some home(10 chicks, 3 diff varieties on an impulse), to my wife's surprised and worried how to take care of em. I did some research and end up reading about chicken every night after work.

I designed and built my first ever building project, shed/coupe ( I've never build anything ever). I started the project in May, 3 weeks ago our 3 leghorns started laying eggs and 1 of the wyandottes sporadically laying just a week ago got 4 eggs from her since to date 50 in total from 4 hens. I've converted my wife since then after tasting the first home grown eggs. We were not fan of hard boiled eggs due to weird taste, but after doing some side by side taste test w/ her, we were impressed of how different backyard raised eggs were from store bought. She even go to the coop and collects eggs now, before she was afraid to even come near em.
 
hello and welcome to BYC,make yourself to home and check out our new member forum,sound's like you have a nice flock,enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Thanks, still learning a lot since am so new to this, any new infos are highly valued. Now I will be looking for a heater since in few months winter here can be brutal.
 
be sure to check out the new member center and the forum's,lot's of excellent advice and idea;s,i dont heat my coop,our winter's dont get horribly cold for long period's,usually just a few days of really cold and our coop is insulated
but,we do have an system for heat if mother nature does surprise us,hubby st it up just in case! i'm also new here,it's the best place to learn and be part of chicken life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There's a great winter thread going sure you've seen it, but if not it's a must read. Lots of ideas and strategies for different winter climates. And you'll get different tasting eggs depending on what your girls eat, the more greens the richer the flavour!
Welcome to BYC
 
Hello there and welcome to our flock!
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Just goes to show, you never know until you try something! Chickens are so much fun to keep. And you can't beat the fresh eggs either!

Enjoy your wonderful flock and welcome to ours!
 

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