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Hello, all!
My husband and I are new to chickens (and ducks...and turkeys...) but have gotten started in a pretty big way. At least, it seems like a big way, since my initial plan was to have 3 or 4 laying hens. Problem is, no one told me how wonderful and cute they are, so now we have 31 chickens--three of which are roosters (two welsummers that were supposed to be girls, and a silkie). they are an assorted group--we have five polish (buff, silver lace and crested) 2 favorelles, a spotted sussex, an asian blue a cuckoo maran etc etc etc lol. We also have 6 ducks . That didn't work well as we were hoping for eggs, and ended up with five drakes. Last, but certainly not least, we have four turkeys that follow us around like dogs-one of the even rides in our four wheeler work vehicle with my husband. In addition, we have a german shepherd that tries to keep everyone in line, and two cats that pretend they are the only pets we have.
LOVE this site--it has been invaluable as we have started out. Great, friendly people willing to share their knowledge. Just awesome (I will say that someone should have advised us to build a coop BEFORE we bought chickens...lol!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us.

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
 
You are SO welcome here (and your husband)- loved your intro. I have heard from others that turkeys can be as friendly as dogs. Would love to see a photo of your turkey cruising around with your husband. Are both genders that friendly. They haven't heard about Thanksgiving yet have them? :oops:
 
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Thanks for the enjoyable intro and thanks for joining us!
 
Hi and welcome to BYC :frow What a great intro, we see you're already familiar with chicken math... So you now need 40 more ducks?:confused: You'll definitely want to checkout the duck and turkey forums. We're so happy you've joined us:ya
 

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