Hello all!

[PaperRain]

I’m new to owning chickens but I’ve wanted them my whole life!! Finally having some chicks is a dream come true!! I hope to learn much more here from folks who own them too.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Do you have your coop and run built and ready to go?

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Here are some helpful links:

• Great go-to resource - Articles
• Insightful feedback on how members manage their flocks - Topic of the Week back-catalogue
• Good link to read before building a coop / run - Space requirements

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Sequel]

Hi and welcome! It’s so great to have you here! I hope you enjoy your time here and good luck with your new flock!

 

[Isaac 0]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Glad that you joined! Did you get some chick's already?

 

[featherhead007]

Welcome. good Cluck with your new birds!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your flock.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community!
Make yourself at home & have lots of fun!

 

[PaperRain]

Thank you, all! I have 3 chicks right now in a brooder. In the future, they have a coop & a large yard abundantly full of bugs. They will be in a tractor for the front yard, & the side yard is fenced where they can do whatever, wherever We will have to enclose the side yard all around because my neighbor likes to accumulate stray kitties & its my priority to make that side yard a no-cat zone.

My brooder is a rubbermaid made on the fly. At first I used ducttape but then I realized zip ties are better & more sanitary as debris/droppings can get caught between the tape. Right now I have 2 salmon faverolle & 1 australorp. I plan on maybe getting one more australorp chick around the end of the month. Although she will be 2 weeks behind, I'll have to make sure she doesn't get trampled too much. I may or may not have to add another plastic tub since they might get a bit too crowded as they get older.
In about a week, I plan on putting in branches from my yard for perching. I think I read here that some will put in a rooted up dandilion so they can start practicing foraging & getting more bacteria in their system, thats the premise I'm going off & I have abundant dandilions too For now, this first week, I think its best to let their immune develop into their new environment.