Hello from Illinois

[balbrt1]

Nice to meet you all. Not new to chickens just new to baby chicks. All of my babies are 2 weeks old. 5 Buff Orpingtons, 5Black Australorp, 5 silver Laced Wyandottes and 3 Ameraucana. I am so happy to have them. I knew I wanted large laying hens ..right now they are all in my house..we have to finish our chicken house so I will have inside babies for a few weeks. Need to learn everything I can about baby chicks and knew I needed a nice forum to answer all my questions. I know I will be reading alot of info here.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, balbrt1, and

! Pleased you joined our community! You can pick up some great info in the Learning Center below as well as the Baby Chicks forum. Good luck and have fun!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

18 chicks are going to make a Big mess by the time they are 3 weeks old

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Hello and welcome from Ohio....so glad you joined BYC


Good luck raising those peeps. You will soon have more eggs than you can eat

 

[balbrt1]

Yep they will be big messers but I am retired and hope to keep up with them. Lol. Thank you for all the greets..

 

[oldrooster]

Welcome from Indiana. what part of IL are you from? I have family in Highland and Greenville in SW IL....

 

[balbrt1]

I am around Salem, Il. Which is about 40 min drive south of Greenville. I used to buy some of my Jersey Woolie show rabbits from up there

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!!

Glad to have you aboard!!

 

[oldrooster]

I am around Salem, Il. Which is about 40 min drive south of Greenville. I used to buy some of my Jersey Woolie show rabbits from up there

My grandmother's stepfather was a Dumolin of the Dumolin Bros. band uniform company, he didn't have anything to do with the buinsnes tho, just was relation to them.