Hello Everyone

[Full Bird_Colonel]

I am a retired Colonel with over 31 years of dedicated service in the U.S. Air Force. Upon my retirement in 2013, I turned my attention to becoming an Urban Farmer, growing my own organic vegetables, and fruits likes muscadine grapes, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries to convert into making homemade wine. Just recently, I have gotten into the "backyard chicken" craves for the sole purpose of producing chicken manure as a fertilizer source used in gardening. I guess the egg production won't be a bad added commodity either..

I have enclosed some pictures of the fruit of my labor for your viewing pleasure. Please feel free to ask me any questions pertaining to my newfound urban farming passion.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC

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 - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

Pork Pie

 

[blackdust951]

welcome

 

[N F C]

Your garden produce looks amazing, thanks for sharing photos! And thank you for your years of service.

If you would like to connect with other members in your area, you can find your state thread here:
find-your-states-thread.270925

Make yourself at home here!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lovely garden!

Thank you for your service.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Thanks for your service, and welcome to the world of retirement. I wonder how I ever managed to work for someone else. Where did the time come from ?

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Welcome from New Orleans, and most importantly, thank you for your service. Your garden must really be something to see, I love that you even make your own wine. Really enjoyed the pictures.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to Backyardchickens.com aka BYC!
We are glad you joined our flock.
You may be interested in BYC's sister site, TheEasyGarden.com too.
This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Please check out and enter this current contest:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...test-09-25-2017-pic-by-chicken-girl1.1200378/

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've joined us Always great to see another AF vet. Have you discovered HBH yet?