Hello from Western NC

[BiddyBiddy]

Welcome to BYC! I’m in eastern NC. This community is awesome and always ready to give advice and wisdom. As a nubie to chickens, this site has been a great source of information.

 

[chub_the_chick]

Hello welcome to BYC hope this place helps you out!

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi Mark, hope you will enjoy Backyard chickens as much as we do

 

[adrikeen]

Glad to have you join our flock! Pull up a roost!

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!

 

[steve232]

Welcome. I too am in western NC. Hope your flock does great for you

 

[ronott1]

When I was growing up, Fish and game released Chukars in the Valley. Thew were fun to hunt for during pheasant season

 

[feathermaid]

Hi, my name is Mark and although i have had some mixed poultry experience as a teenager (turkey,duck,quail,geese,chicken) I have not had anything but quail since.

. I now have 15, 6 week old chukar I hatched, and 8 chicken chicks i ordered from Ideal. I have 4 Danish brown leghorn pullets at about 10 days old and 4 Cornish cross at about 8 days old.

. I live 30 minutes out side of a tiny town in the NC mountains with my girlfriend, our 4 cats and a tank of guppies that won't stop multipling. I am a welder at one of the largest industrial truck body plants in the country if not the world (at least thats what they tell us).

Awesome that you're getting back into chickens... I guess for both eggs and meat? I've heard that CX grow super fast and may encounter problems as a result, and also have a tendency to get picked on by other breeds so some additional care may be needed.

This site has been really helpful for me, I continue to research and I'm always learning something new. I just discovered a couple articles on cornish cross if you're interested:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/raising-cornish-x-for-meat-–-the-truth.66015/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/raising-broilers-in-your-backyard.72433/

Congratulations on your partridge hatch and good luck with your new chickens!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Welcome to our community, Mark - nice that you have joined us.

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 (there's a guide on how to include your location under your avatar - including your location is very helpful).

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[rjohns39]

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