Hello from South Australia

[Nana Ann]

Hello all!
I have only had my girls for about a month, I have questions just about every day! I am a first time chook Mum, so worrying about everything!
I have five girls, all @40 weeks old. They were rescued from a free-range egg farm which was closing down, 30,000 girls were headed for the chop! A number of rescue groups went in and took as many as possible. I was lucky to be able to adopt some. They are Hylines and have been laying every day.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Ann and welcome to BYC. Good job on rescuing some birds

There's an Aussie thread you may wish to drop by and say hello - https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/australia-six-states-and-that-funny-little-island.598568/

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

 

[Pjacct]

Welcome to BYC, lots af information and others here that have probably come across nothing you have questions about.

 

[theoldchick]

Hello! Wow! 30,000 birds! That must have been a big free range farm. So glad you were able to take some in. Welcome to our flock!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Ann and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and welcome to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us.
Wishing you the very best for 2018!!

This video may help with learning how to navigate this site.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Welcome!! Hey! Do us Americans a favor, would ya? Could you send us some of the warm weather your getting? I think we're getting a bit too cold! LOL

Welcome to BYC!!!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Nana Ann Happyto have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[lazy gardener]

Welcome Nana Ann. Ken has given you an excellent intro. There are a lot of Aussies on BYC. @Teila will be dropping in to meet you, I'm sure. Enjoy. Us folks in the Arctic snow belt especially love to see pics of Southern Hemisphere gardens and flocks this time of year. It feeds our need to see green stuff.

 

[sunflour]

so glad you have joined us.

So nice of you to adopt those gals...here's wishing you fun and loads of eggs in your new adventure .