Hello from western NY

branwyn

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Hi!
I'm not quite a chicken owner yet, but I'm planning to get them this coming spring. My husband and I have been working on turning our 8.5 acres into a self-sufficient farm for the last three years. So far it's just a really big vegetable garden and some pasture.
I have some farming in my family history, but not for at least a generation, so all my info is coming from reading and a very little from my grandmother, who had chickens as a child.
My plan is to have 25 chickens: an assortment of heavy breeds and a few boys for eating. I'm not sure yet whether I want to include a rooster in with the chickens or not, since I've read they help to keep the flock cohesive, but also that they're a pain, and that there's the problem of fertilized eggs that people wouldn't want to eat.
I don't have a lot of local contacts yet, since we aren't very involved in the community and work 30 miles away, so I thought this might be a good way to learn and exchange information.
I'm really excited about getting chickens, and heading into deeper farming waters!
 
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from England! Now begins your addiction to chickens...
 
Hi! I live in Nebraska, but I'm from Western NY. I grew up in Knowlesville and went to school in Medina. Where do you live?
 
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We don't have chickens yet either!
 
horsejody, I'm in Palmyra, which is about halfway between Syracuse and Rochester.
Thanks!
 
No, but then, we're really not involved in the community yet. I've only met maybe five or six people in town.
 

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