Hello from the Black Hills, SD!

[SouthDakotan]

Greetings everyone!

I am new to chickens, but boy did we jump in with BOTH feet and then some! We currently have 22 chicks of varying breeds (Black Laced Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Gold Star, Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Production Reds, Araucanas, California Whites and I'm sure a few I'm forgetting). We are currently in a madhouse process of building a coop - boy do they grow fast! .

~Jill

Sounds like you'd enjoy the Chicken Math thread! Its fun knowing we're not alone in how we get so many chickens (so quickly). LoL

 

[chickengirl73]

Thanks! I didn't know there were threads for just us South Dakota folks - very cool - thanks for letting me know!

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan

Dinosaur fish - sounds very intriguing

 

[chickengirl73]

Thanks!!

They aren't that wonderful (dinosaur fish)...they are more my husband's project and are kind of creepy...they can jump out of the tank and live out of the water too. Ick!

 

[g2smil]

Welcome to BYC from Northern Virginia! Hope you enjoy your chicks!

 

[SouthDakotan]

from Mississippi. Glad you joined us!

Where is Glen? I was down on the coast, from Biloxi to Pearlington as a disaster relief coordinator for 6 months. Spent a lot of time driving the coastal counties, but didn't get a chance to spent time "inland". Definitely different land conditions than South Dakota! I was surprised by all the sandy infertile soil I was finding, compared to the dark earth of the eastern South Dakota prairie.

 

[SouthDakotan]

Thanks!!

They aren't that wonderful (dinosaur fish)...they are more my husband's project and are kind of creepy...they can jump out of the tank and live out of the water too. Ick!

Intriguing. So they sorta like lung fish then? The only "dinosaur fish" I saw were the fish some in Mississippi brought to our encampment, when I was down working on the coast. HUGE fish and boney! They definitely looked prehistoric too. Don't know what their scientific name was though. Locals said they used their scales as part of jewelry designs.