First Time Chicken Owner - Indiana

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May 16, 2012
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Reelsville, Indiana
Hey Everybody! My name is Megan and I'm from Reelsville, Indiana. I joined BYC awhile ago as a way to get ideas and information on everything related to owning and caring for chickens. Well I am now a proud "Mommy" to 4 Barred Rocks, 4 RIR, and 3 Pekin ducks. They are about 6 weeks old now and as we put the finishing touches on the coop, I get more and more excited for this new journey we're taking. The site is almost overwhelming with as much information is on here - it's hard to know where to begin... I thought this would be the right place!
 
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You are right that the site can be overwhelming. I find it easiest to do a search on a topic and see if there is a current thread running about it before I jump in and start a new one. Good luck with your new babies.
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Greetings from Kansas, Megan, and
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! Pleased you joined us! You'll get the hang of BYC before too long! One bit of advice - ducks and chickens perhaps should be separated when they grow up - if you have drakes and they attempt top breed the hen chickens, real damage can occur to the hens. Best of luck to you and your poultry plans!
 
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Greetings from Kansas, Megan, and
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! Pleased you joined us! You'll get the hang of BYC before too long! One bit of advice - ducks and chickens perhaps should be separated when they grow up - if you have drakes and they attempt top breed the hen chickens, real damage can occur to the hens. Best of luck to you and your poultry plans!
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Thanks for the advice! The ducks and chickens are separated now and will have separate coops once they're moved outside. They will share a run but will take turns free ranging. I'm only interested in females right now for eggs. I'm pretty sure I have one female Pekin because she is LOUD!! The other two kind of squeak right now so I'm not sure if that's a sign for a drake or maybe they just haven't got their 'quack' yet. Time will tell I guess - Been looking for the drake feather
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Thanks again for your warm welcome!
 

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