Hello there!! 👋

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and good luck with your new flock.

 

[triciayoung]

Hello there!

I am new to chicken raising and am excited to start my journey. I just purchased 3 baby chicks and have 9 others coming in the mail at the end of the week. I’ve got an assortment of breeds: Easter Eggers, Australorp, Buff Orpington (my Roo), Speckled Sussex, Welsummer, Olive Eggers, Production Red, and Barred Rock.

I’ve got a 3.5 year old and a 7 month old baby so my goal was to get docile breeds in order to have a “family friendly flock”.

I live in Arkansas so I tried to get fairly heat tolerant breeds (so many opinions on this, I did lots of research) since our summers regularly reach into the mid-90s. Thankfully our run is shaded by two large oaks.

We bought a house a few years ago with an 8x10 ft coop already built and a 2,000 sq ft run (uncovered but fenced). So I had the perfect excuse to start my Fluffy Butt Hut!

Welcome. If you want to "net" in your run (as cover), PM me. I netted in 1950 square feet. All of this area is also wall covered with 1/2 inch hardware cloth including an 18-inch apron.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us!

 

[Tookie]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us.