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Hello all!

After we lost our cute little pup to old age last month, the kids decided that they wanted to become urban farmers and raise some chickens. We happen to live in a part of the city where they JUST approved us to have hens so the timing worked out fabulously. We are new to this and are very thankful for all of the posts here, which have helped us immensely. We placed our order for 6 chicks, of which we are keeping 3. The other three will go to my friends farm after they are ready to be out of the brooder. We will have a light brahma, a buff orpington, and an easter egger. Names TBD. We are also looking into getting a young cream legbar but are anxiously awaiting a call back from a local person who might have one for us.
We bought a cheap pre-fab coop to get us by but are in the process of working on designing a pallet coop and larger run. We have zero building experience so Lord help us. :) Looking forward to getting to know fellow chicken tenders haha

Mel
 
Hi Mel and welcome to BYC

On this link you'll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping birds - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives


This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/website-announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3/?prefix_id=3


You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
meli_531 said:
Hello all!

After we lost our cute little pup to old age last month, the kids decided that they wanted to become urban farmers and raise some chickens. We happen to live in a part of the city where they JUST approved us to have hens so the timing worked out fabulously. We are new to this and are very thankful for all of the posts here, which have helped us immensely. We placed our order for 6 chicks, of which we are keeping 3. The other three will go to my friends farm after they are ready to be out of the brooder. We will have a light brahma, a buff orpington, and an easter egger. Names TBD. We are also looking into getting a young cream legbar but are anxiously awaiting a call back from a local person who might have one for us.
We bought a cheap pre-fab coop to get us by but are in the process of working on designing a pallet coop and larger run. We have zero building experience so Lord help us. :) Looking forward to getting to know fellow chicken tenders haha

Mel
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Mel Welcome to Backyard Chickens, there have been several with pallet coops and hog panels all good and safe where are you located ? that helps to guide and figure out the weather at the moment :idunno gigreen.gif
 

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