Hello! We are totally new to chickens and have read many articles and talked with many locals about their coops. We're starting with 6 ISA Browns from a local farmer and have had them just a couple days. Our first two days we've gotten 8 eggs! woohoo even after all the fuss of the truck ride and a new home! We sold our city place and moved to my husbands family homestead. It was settled a bit over a 100 yrs ago. The original Barn is still beautiful and standing strong, though most other log style out building have collapsed. One being the chicken coop. We'll for sure salvage as much of the old coop to use in building the new one. Are girls are currently in a couple prefab coops we purchased last year. In the last couple weeks we've also added 4 bee hives and 4 lambs. The bees got here just in time to enjoy the 80+ apple trees that were planted when the homestead was being established. So far so good as a first time beekeeper!! We'll be putting the honey supers on this week and look forward to having our own honey in the near future. We also have never had any livestock! So this is all a great adventure to a more self sufficient and fulfilling life. My husband is a Chef and quit his "day job" so we could do this. All we do now is cater locally so we have time to build our farm. We love it!! We also have 2 Kuvasz LGDs that are learning about Bees, chickens and sheep. They are adjusting so well, they are such a wonderful breed. Our little house dog loves his new life sooooo much too. Animals are so amazing!! lol I found BYC today looking for good treats for the girls and hope to spend some time looking thru the site. Thanks for being here and thank you for letting us join the group. Have a fantastic day!! Lora & Chris
Hi Lora / Chris and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new hobby. Here are some links to key resources: List of guides on how to use the site - announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 Great resource for beginners - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ Good starting point for browsing the site - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ Interesting feedback on how members manage their flocks -https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives Excellent source of local information - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/144/canadians-check-in-here Best wishes Pork Pie
hello Lora & Chris @Lora and Chris ! welcome to BYC It sounds like you are living the dream! But you might want to exercise a little caution before reusing bits of the old chicken coop, in particular, bits actually or potentially infested with chicken parasites...
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 (how to upload photos too): Coop Ideas: Chicken Coops. What exactly did you Google to get here? <<<<<<<<<<<Click there to go to the thread. BYC has an APP!
Welcome to Backyard Chickens Lora and Chris great to have you join us here enjoy the flock chickens are addictive
Hello Lora & Chris, and welcome to Backyard Chickens! It's great to have you here and I hope you'll enjoy this site as much as we all do!
Hi Lora & Chris and welcome to BYC We're so happy you decided to join us Don't be too upset if you don't get to keep some honey this year. They need to get the hives situated and if memory serves it takes about 8lbs of honey to make a pound of wax. Do enjoy your adventure.