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[getaclue]

Thanks cmom

 

[arghyla]

Welcome! You are in good company! Many of us, myself included, are brand new and full of questions
while others are seasoned chicken experts. I am on the Space Coast on east Central Florida and I hope to get our first chicks this week - we have decided on Barred Rocks and Australorps and are hoping the feed store gets some of these two breeds in. Let us know what breeds interest you!

I am space coast too! I am brand new here and to chickens. My extended family had them when I was small but I have never had them myself. There's a farmers market in rt 1 that was very helpful. Near Rockledge gardens. What made u decide on those breeds? I'm curious about so much

 

[Seatrout00]

I am space coast too! I am brand new here and to chickens. My extended family had them when I was small but I have never had them myself. There's a farmers market in rt 1 that was very helpful. Near Rockledge gardens. What made u decide on those breeds? I'm curious about so much

I'm down in Melbourne. We should be getting our chicks in February and we're excited. The coop is not yet finished but we will be working on it for the next several weeks and figuring it will be finished well before the babies are ready to go outside. Let me know if I can help you with anything - I'm no expert, but have done a lot of reading - these will be our first chickens.

 

[arghyla]

Love it! Thank you!!!! I haven't begun any prep yet I promised my son I would tackle a few household things first. He's highly displeased as he says it's more pets and we already have a few lol. But I think it's more than that. Yay chickens!!!! Will u post lots of pictures?

 

[Seatrout00]

Love it! Thank you!!!! I haven't begun any prep yet I promised my son I would tackle a few household things first. He's highly displeased as he says it's more pets and we already have a few lol. But I think it's more than that. Yay chickens!!!! Will u post lots of pictures?

I shall! As of right now, all we have up is the frame of my coop.

I too have a son - he's 8. How old is your little fellow? My son is rather excited about the chickens - he wants to hold the tiny balls of fluff. We are only getting six chicks, and hope of those six, we get at least four hens - just a tiny flock. We are only on 1/4 acre of land and have a small yard, so this fits us well.

What breeds were you looking at getting?

 

[LocalYokel]

How do y'all encourage crows to hang around.

Have had hawk problems lately

 

[arghyla]

I shall! As of right now, all we have up is the frame of my coop.

I too have a son - he's 8. How old is your little fellow? My son is rather excited about the chickens - he wants to hold the tiny balls of fluff. We are only getting six chicks, and hope of those six, we get at least four hens - just a tiny flock. We are only on 1/4 acre of land and have a small yard, so this fits us well.

What breeds were you looking at getting?

My son is 15. He will be charmed by the fluff no doubt lol but he's annoyed that I procrastinate. We only have 1/5 of an acre lol and a pool so it will be challenging. I bought this house a few years ago and I am loathe to sell and move bc we r comfortable here. But I would like a larger Amt of land I just am located in a convenient place right now....I wanted silkies for the fluff but I looked into those breeds and they sound much better...but fluff!!!!!!! We can only have 4 I don't think anyone would notice a few more

 

[dfr1973]

I wanted silkies for the fluff

I have Silkies because of their reputation as "incubators disguised as feather dusters." Unless you plan to hatch chicks, or change your name to St. George the Dragon-Slayer, probably best to leave Silkie hens be. I just had another go broody today. I went out to gather eggs, saw her set firmly on a golf ball, and asked, "Are you going broody too?" (There are four others in the cubby boxes brooding.) Her response was a loud squawk and a peck at my hand - good thing her aim is not as good as two others! When I checked eggs for the marks on the end, I noticed one of the marked ones has pipped already, and the chick started peeping, which of course gets the hens riled up more.

It's easier to get the Arken Stone from Smaug than get eggs from seriously broody Silkie hens (and I love it). Last year, I declared I wanted broodies so determined that we'd need bomb squad gear to collect eggs. I sure got'em!

As determined as those girls are, I would not be surprised if the golf balls hatch, too.

 

[AlHawk]

My son is 15. He will be charmed by the fluff no doubt lol but he's annoyed that I procrastinate. We only have 1/5 of an acre lol and a pool so it will be challenging. I bought this house a few years ago and I am loathe to sell and move bc we r comfortable here. But I would like a larger Amt of land I just am located in a convenient place right now....I wanted silkies for the fluff but I looked into those breeds and they sound much better...but fluff!!!!!!! We can only have 4 I don't think anyone would notice a few more

Arghyla,

I'm also in the Melbourne area and will help you if need something. One thing I've learned is there's alot more people with chickens around here than you think and there are alot of places to get cheap/free stuff for the yard.

Welcome to BYC where everybody is friendly we all love chickens (and dogs, and cats, and parrots, and turkeys, and pea fowl, and guineas and lizards, and and and and ANIMALS........)

 

[Seatrout00]

My son is 15. He will be charmed by the fluff no doubt lol but he's annoyed that I procrastinate. We only have 1/5 of an acre lol and a pool so it will be challenging. I bought this house a few years ago and I am loathe to sell and move bc we r comfortable here. But I would like a larger Amt of land I just am located in a convenient place right now....I wanted silkies for the fluff but I looked into those breeds and they sound much better...but fluff!!!!!!! We can only have 4 I don't think anyone would notice a few more

Ahhh ... silkies are not a variety I looked into. I wanted big eggs and big hens and for some reason, I prefer the more common look of the larger hens - no feathers on legs and no big fluff hats on their heads. I hope you enjoy your gals once you get them. Any ideas where you might get them? (aren't silkies all bantams? I forgot)