Hello All

[Mikaltodd Wilson]

I'm so excited to learn all I can, about raising chickens. I have a Vietnamese pot belly pig, named, Peggy Suelee. It wasn't hard to figure her out, surely chickens can't be that hard?

If you were going to give advice to someone who knows nothing.......what would it be?

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC. My advice would be to read the articles in the learning centre.

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive


You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread


Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
My advice is read all the threads/articles in the Learning Center.

 

[N F C]

In addition to the great tips the other greeters have given you, I suggest that you build a coop before you get chickens and build it larger than you think you will need.

Best of luck to you and feel free to ask questions!

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

Welcome to the flock, @Mikaltodd Wilson! Great to have you here! My advice is to listen to everyone else's advice! I'm still new at this too!

 

[chickadoodles]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Great resources recommended by previous posters. Given basic husbandry methods, the rest of poultry keeping is pretty much common sense.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[rjohns39]

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

 

[drumstick diva]

Be certain you are legally allowed to have chickens on your property. Build the coop and run before getting birds. Join your state thread to get information on the local front, where the best feed stores are, what type of coop holds up to your climate, etc. etc.