G'day everyone!

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
The temps have finally dropped enough here for a bit of snow this morning.

 

[theoldchick]

 

[janiedoe]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC! Has your wife joined also?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join us!

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad that you are here in the poultry loving community.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[Galaxy_rules]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!!

 

[Cammo77]

Kudos for rescuing the battery girls! And, congrats on the rest of the flock, too. Sounds like you have some lovely hens.

Sorry to hear about the storms. Is that usual for this time of year? Normally, here in the Midwest, we are freezing and snow has been flying for weeks. This year, it rained all day Christmas Eve and Christmas. Unusual, but not totally unwelcome. We're in a very long drought here.

Welcome to BYC; this is a great community of knowledgeable folks who enjoy helping others! We will assist you with challenges and cheer your successes.

Best wishes with your organic gardening. I, like @cavemanrich, am at least three months away from being able to turn soil.

It's good to meet you! Hope to hear more in the future!

Thank you kindly. I grew up with on a farm with chickens and had some at another point in my life but my wife is a city girl who had never had chickens and she really wanted to rescue some cage birds. We started with 6 but lost 3 within a year. We wanted to add some heritage breeds and will probably get more "rescues" later on down the track.

Storms are fairly normal this time of year but the severity is definitely worse. Not far from here had a couple of tornadoes go through, which to my knowledge is extremely rare. Dealing with drought can be extremely stressful. Fingers crossed you get some decent rain or will a decent snow load help with drought?

I'm lucky enough here that I can grow something all year round. We get frost but that's about it. I definitely feel for you guys with limited growing seasons. You must have the patience of a saint

 

[Cammo77]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

Thank you kindly. I look forward to learning a lot more from everyone here.