Fort Dodge Iowa

[HeatherME]

Hello all! Newbie here from Fort Dodge, Iowa.

I'm new to raising chickens, and starting out with 5 week old 3 Red Sex Links and 3 Rhode Island Reds that are hopefully all pullets.


Anyone else near my location?

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, ChickieMomma 02, and

! Pleased you joined us! Those are some good egg laying breeds! I see you already checked out the Iowa thread - some locals will stop by and say howdy. Best of luck to you and your flock!

 

[HeatherME]

Thank you redsoxs! The breeds were chosen based on egg production. Cannot wait to get that first egg!

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Hello and welcome from Ohio....so glad you joined BYC

Nice egg layers you have picked! You will soon have more eggs than you can eat

 

[HeatherME]

DDNONIN2016, thank you. I just moved from Ohio to Iowa in January. Originally from Middletown, and I know exactly where Blanchester is.

Go Buckeyes!

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Awwwww sorry we couldnt trade "local" chicken stories or even chickens. I spend most of my summer very close to West Middletown baling hay. We eat at Frischs on Old Route 4 all the time Is Iowa anything like Ohio ?

And YES ! GO BUCKS!!!

 

[HeatherME]

This is crazy! I was raised in Madison Township on Hetzler Road. We actually used to raise peafowl.

Iowa is different than Ohio. Ohio is for sure more populated, and everything is closer together than it is in Iowa. Where I am now, I live in one of the "larger cities". I'm about 2 to 2 1/2 hours from Des Moines. People tend to go at their own pace out here, and life here so far has been less stressful. Made the move from Ohio to Iowa due to my husband relocating with his work. I miss my family and friends, but so far I prefer Iowa.

 

[drumstick diva]

already sounds like you are blooming where you are planted.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[bittersweet03]

I'm about 20 minutes from you and currently backyard chickens are against the city code here. Trying to figure out if it is enforced as they claim that they are livestock animals, but there are people within city limits with horses.