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Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.
 
SOVAChick said:
Hello, from southern Virginia. We recently bought a home on a little under an acre, hoping to buy the 5 acres behind us and be a bit more self sufficient.

I am going to use the introduction questions provided..

*Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?

I am not new to chicken's. I grew up with our family having about 20 chickens, 10 broilers, 10 hens and a few roosters.
My parents did the killing but we helped pluck feathers and dress the chickens.
My Mom would take us in the bathroom with no windows and put a flashlight behind the egg so we could see the growth. We collected the eggs but weren't allowed to get close to the chickens, my parents thought it would be too hard for us.

I haven't had chickens in many years so this is all new to me in many ways.

*How many chickens do you have right now?

We ordered 10 rare and unique breed combo from Mt Healthy hatchery. They are due to be here around the 29th. We are so excited! I got the brooder set up and we are working on the coop. We should have the coop finished next weekend.

*What breeds do you have?

I don't know what breeds we will get, it's hatchery choice of female chicks. We will get at least 3 different breeds. I am so excited!

*What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

I love the idea of having fresh eggs and chickens to love, I don't know yet if we could have broilers. I don't know if I can kill and dress chickens I have raised myself. We will see..

*What are some of your other hobbies?

I enjoy organic gardening, I have a lot of experience but it will be a little bit of a learning curve moving to a new climate and soil.

As much as we love homesteading and living off the land, we are all nerdy, we play video games when we have the time and Dungeon and Dragons is a common event with our grown kids.

I am an avid reader, at least 3 books a week. I enjoy science fiction and fantasy for fiction and almost anything non-fiction.

*Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

We have 5 kids between us, all are grown except one who will be 18 this fall.

We have 2 dogs, a German shepherd/Mastiff mix and a Belgian malinois.
We have 3 cats indoors and are taking care of 4 strays that were at our home when we bought it. They were skinny and sickly. We built them a shelter and self feeder and waterer. Another cat was under our house, not part of the stray group. He was in bad shape. We took him in and he made our 3rd addition of cats. He is the sweetest of all of them.

I am a former educator. My fiance was a teacher as well but now works from home in the education field.

I look forward to getting to know other chicken enthusiast's and making some new friends.
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Welcome!
 
SOVAChick said:
Hello, from southern Virginia. We recently bought a home on a little under an acre, hoping to buy the 5 acres behind us and be a bit more self sufficient.

I am going to use the introduction questions provided..

*Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?

I am not new to chicken's. I grew up with our family having about 20 chickens, 10 broilers, 10 hens and a few roosters.
My parents did the killing but we helped pluck feathers and dress the chickens.
My Mom would take us in the bathroom with no windows and put a flashlight behind the egg so we could see the growth. We collected the eggs but weren't allowed to get close to the chickens, my parents thought it would be too hard for us.

I haven't had chickens in many years so this is all new to me in many ways.

*How many chickens do you have right now?

We ordered 10 rare and unique breed combo from Mt Healthy hatchery. They are due to be here around the 29th. We are so excited! I got the brooder set up and we are working on the coop. We should have the coop finished next weekend.

*What breeds do you have?

I don't know what breeds we will get, it's hatchery choice of female chicks. We will get at least 3 different breeds. I am so excited!

*What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?

I love the idea of having fresh eggs and chickens to love, I don't know yet if we could have broilers. I don't know if I can kill and dress chickens I have raised myself. We will see..

*What are some of your other hobbies?

I enjoy organic gardening, I have a lot of experience but it will be a little bit of a learning curve moving to a new climate and soil.

As much as we love homesteading and living off the land, we are all nerdy, we play video games when we have the time and Dungeon and Dragons is a common event with our grown kids.

I am an avid reader, at least 3 books a week. I enjoy science fiction and fantasy for fiction and almost anything non-fiction.

*Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.

We have 5 kids between us, all are grown except one who will be 18 this fall.

We have 2 dogs, a German shepherd/Mastiff mix and a Belgian malinois.
We have 3 cats indoors and are taking care of 4 strays that were at our home when we bought it. They were skinny and sickly. We built them a shelter and self feeder and waterer. Another cat was under our house, not part of the stray group. He was in bad shape. We took him in and he made our 3rd addition of cats. He is the sweetest of all of them.

I am a former educator. My fiance was a teacher as well but now works from home in the education field.

I look forward to getting to know other chicken enthusiast's and making some new friends.
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I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome! Our chick's all came this morning. They all seem to be in good health. I am so nervous I will not do something right, lol. I have taken about 30 minutes of video and tons of pictures. My family and friends are probably sick of seeing them already. I will definitely be searching this forum half the night on everything baby chick :)
 
What a kind thing to say, I have barely been able to sleep checking on the chicks with a tiny light. It's ridiculous, it reminds me of when my children were newborn's. I keep reminding myself, you will lose this girls someday some way so calm down, lol. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet everyone. I didn't know if responding to every welcome was considered spamming but I appreciate everyone's welcome. We are so busy right now, getting the greenhouse set-up and our garden going, building the coop and all the other spring activities that I am sure you all are doing as well.
 
SOVAChick said:
What a kind thing to say, I have barely been able to sleep checking on the chicks with a tiny light. It's ridiculous, it reminds me of when my children were newborn's. I keep reminding myself, you will lose this girls someday some way so calm down, lol. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet everyone. I didn't know if responding to every welcome was considered spamming but I appreciate everyone's welcome. We are so busy right now, getting the greenhouse set-up and our garden going, building the coop and all the other spring activities that I am sure you all are doing as well.
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I hope someone didn't tell you this, because the majority of us are very friendly here at BYC. This thread is yours.
I don't consider responding to each welcome spamming, and I'm sure that most of us do not. If someone finds it offensive, they can turn off notifications for the thread. Please don't let anyone spoil your fun.

I'm thrilled that your tiny chick is doing well. Good luck with your gardening.
 

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