Greetings from Homer Glen, Illinois

[Hope Hughes]

Welcome to BYC!

Thanks for joining. You have come to the right place!

There are alot of amazing people that are willing to help with whatever they can, you can also go
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[Pork Pie]

Hi to you both

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 (there's a guide on how to include your location under your avatar - including your location is very helpful). You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[itsmyguess]

Hi Everyone,

Just joined today. Looking forward to all the advice and inspiration from this community of chicken-loving people. Doing what the site asked and we're posting answers to the following:

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
* We are new, it's our first year. A whole lot of trial and error and just figuring out what seems to make sense. Currently getting the coop and run winterized and ready for a long Chicago winter...*

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
* We have 6, they were hatched March 10, 2018*

(3) What breeds do you have?
*Some of this we know with certainty, some seems open for debate. In our excitement picking out chicks, we didn't notice that the guy who sold them to us seems to have written a couple of the wrong breeds on the little box they came home in. We know we have a Buff Orpington, a Brown Speckled Sussex, and a Cuckoo Maran. Maybe a Wyandotte. Probably a Brahma of some sort. #6...not so sure...*

(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
* Just online searching*

(5) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
* We have a large, very sweet 5 year old Akita (who is no friend of chickens, and not something we plan to test out any more than we already have) and 2 indoor cats. Plus, because we live in a somewhat rural area and we have woods and a pond, we see a wide range of outdoor visitors including coyote, raccoon, possum, muskrat, barn owl, hawks, heron, egret, frogs, snakes, turtles, deer etc)

Welcome to BYC, neighbor I live in Joliet

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[adrikeen]

Welcome to BYC Tiffany and Stephen! Glad you both joined our flock!

 

[N F C]

Hello from snowy Wyoming!

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Welcome to BYC @tiffany+stephen You can ask about the breed/gender of your chickens here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/what-breed-or-gender-is-this.15/

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Tiffany & Stephen and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[tiffany+stephen]

Welcome to BYC Stephen and Tiffany!
I feel your pain with your Akita being no friend to chickens. My Doberman lunged at one of my EE when I had him out on leash. He'd merrily wipe out my flock if given the chance. But he did learn that chickens can give one hell of a kick. He figured that out when he hit the poultry netting that is charged with 10,000 volts!

Hi...I am definitely interested in learning more about electrifying. As it is now, we've had some diggers...not sure what...but then I pointed a trail camera at the coop/run and one of the coyotes is pretty motivated. We didn't skimp on burying hardware cloth, so that's saved us so far. What system did you use to wire up the power to your netting? Thanks,

 

[tiffany+stephen]

Welcome! @tiffany+stephen I have buff orps as well, sounds like you have a nice variety, you could always post a pic of the chicken of unknown breed in that forum here and find out from the experts, if you like

I did that for a rescue chick and was told correctly!

We will try that, thank you!