Hello from Columbia , Virginia!

[Grundig]

Howdy!
My Wife and I just started raising our backyard chickens with a DIY coop and some elbow grease!
We have 3 hens and 1 cockerel. We literally just started so we havent fallen into any practices yet - so please send me all the advice you can! Would love to hear from anyone else in the area as well.

We are also starting our very own fiber farm , We are raising Jersey wooley rabbits as of now but plan to expand that into Cotton , Sheep , and Angora rabbits.
I love everything about our country life and would never give it up !

Thanks !
Mike.

 

[write2caroline]

Welcome to the forum from Jacksonville FL

Love the fiber farm idea - Tried to talk my husband into some alpakas but he wasn't going for it! I knit, so the idea of raising my own fiber for yarn was appealing.

There are a lot of places here to answer all of your questions - don't pre read the emergency stuff - why worry about stuff until you have to - my only advice.

Enjoy your chickens
Caroline

 

[Grundig]

My wife and I both knit which was why we went the fiber farm route - and its a lot easier to make an income from fiber then from food let me tell you !. But what a satisfying little hobby it is to make something solid from our hard work! Teach your husband to knit and I promise a fiber farm wont be far behind!
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[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

Glad you joined us!

 

[liz9910]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Grundig]

Check out our new chickens and the coop my wife and I built!

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Good luck with the flock and 'fiber farm'.

 

[cypressdrake]