Greetings!

[Jenna Raines]

Hello there! My name is Jenna and I am brand new at caring for chickens. As a child, my grandparents kept chickens, but I wasn’t responsible for taking care of them. I simply gathered eggs. Now as an adult, I have an 11 year old son with Autism. He is in middle school now and is taking an Introduction to Agriculture class as an elective. He has always loved baby chicks! As his science project, we decided to incubate and hatch baby chicks. A friend of ours had fertilized eggs from his flock of Rhode Island Whites. We incubated nine eggs and had a 100% hatch! Now they are 8 weeks old and we have 3 hens and 6 roosters! We have taken diligent care of them during the whole process. We found a chicken coop builder and, for Christmas, bought one and brought it home! My husband, son, and I have fallen in love with these beautiful Rhode Island White chickens! Our only issue now is finding a home for our roosters. We are keeping one, and our friend who gave us the eggs is taking 2. Three are available! Luckily, we live in a farming community and I am hoping to find a place for them!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Jenna and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us and congrats on your hatch

On this link you'll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping birds - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives . Ditto the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in that link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops

BYC has an APP!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Hi Jenna! Welcome to our Fun-omenal community! Best wishes and have lots of FUN!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Jenna and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I would think that raising chickens would be a wonderful hobby for your son and the rest of you. Enjoy them.

 

[N F C]

Hi Jenna, it's nice to have you here! Raising chickens is a great hobby for the entire family. Congrats on that great hatch!

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Hello and welcome to BYC Jenna!
Congrats on the successful hatch! We would love to see some pictures of your flock!

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Greetings Jenna Raines, Wecome to BYC!

 

[Cynthia12]

WELCOME!! I know what you mean about Grandma. Mine is the reason I got started.

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Good luck in finding home's for those other 3 cockerels!