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amychicky

amychicky

In the Brooder
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Mar 23, 2014
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Just bought our baby chicks and building our first chicken coop! I've done a lot of reading and we are so excited! I have now figured out some possible future chickens that are so beautiful! I have some favs picked out!
 
amychicky said:
Just bought our baby chicks and building our first chicken coop! I've done a lot of reading and we are so excited! I have now figured out some possible future chickens that are so beautiful! I have some favs picked out!
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WELCOME TO BYC. Now you need to determine if you want to raise chickens for eggs, meat, pets, or a combination. Also do you want to breed and hatch chicks. You need to determine how much room you have for a coop and a run or will the chickens be free range. I will gladly help you as much as i can, Ive been raising chickens most of my life and have hatched thousands of them so i might be able to give you a few pointers.
 
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Good luck with your chicken adventures! Check out the how to raise chickens forum for more info!
 
gatorshark75 said:
WELCOME TO BYC. Now you need to determine if you want to raise chickens for eggs, meat, pets, or a combination. Also do you want to breed and hatch chicks.  You need to determine how much room you have for a coop and a run or will the chickens be free range. I will gladly help you as much as i can, Ive been raising chickens most of my life and have hatched thousands of them so i might be able to give you a few pointers.
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Thanks! We have read and have a drawing of our coop it's about 46 sq ft we have 9 chicks so I think that will be large enough. We don't plan to hatch any, just use he eggs at this point. I have realized a lot goes into this so it's been a learning experience! I was just reading to make sure the size of the nest, and I am sure I will have tons of egg questions next! Lol thanks again so much! You sound like a FL fan! Lol
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations on your new chicks! Good luck with the coop build, be sure you build it bigger to make room for all those different breeds you are going to want!
 
Thank you! Yes we have read about the sq footage per hen, we don't have a rooster.. Our neighbors would kills us ha thanks again
 

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