Decided to stop lurking and join.

[PineGlenn]

What a great site with a huge amount of information available. I'm up here in Central Maine and am a first time chicken addict. Really wanted chickens for fresh eggs, but with all the different breeds of birds available I also want pretty to look at. Having a great time shopping and thinking and reading and learning.
Snow needs to hurry up and melt away, we have coops to build, pens to construct and hens to enjoy!

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Great that you finally decided to join our flock!

Lots of good breeds out there. I am partial to the Orpington Breeds. They are so docile, friendly and are great layers. You might want to check these 2 external breeds pages for some quick info on the different breeds out there...

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

Stop by our learning center as well for lots of great reads on all the aspects of keeping your new flock...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

Great to have you aboard and enjoy all your new adventures!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Sure agree that spring can show up any time now, enough with the snow! TwoCrows gave you some great links on picking breeds. A couple more breeds to look at might be the Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks, they come in a bunch of really pretty colors, Speckled Sussex are another, and don't forget Easter Eggers or Ameraucana for the blue/green eggs.

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

I love your avatar pic

 

[Duckopolis]

Good luck with finding everything you need to know! Don't forget to take a look at BYC's very useful learning center! Glad to have you with us.

 

[Rosecomb Lover]

Great to have you here, good luck with breeding your chickens and don't forget to add an avatar!

 

[gander007]

 

[PineGlenn]

Thank you for the warm welcome. The shared off site pages are great. Thank you for taking the time to do that.
We actually have decided on a breed or two (well okay several) that we like. We are sticking to multi purpose breeds so if all else fails we have meat in the freezer. I have always loved the bar rock hens so those were a must have. Then the Wyandottes were tantalizing with their neat feather patterns. I know from nursery stock I am not going to get show birds but maybe down the line if I have to have them I will look into buying from Fowleys or something.
I lurked the BYC pages for a few months before I joined. I used this site a lot for research. What better way to find out stuff then from educated discussions, right?