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[fldiver97]

Welcome Glad you decided to join us!

 

[Ponte]

Welcome Glad you decided to join us!

Where in Florida are you ?

 

[Cynthia12]

WELCOME! You never know if a chicken is going to be a quiet one. Those girls can be pretty noisy when arguing over a nest box, then once they have laid that beautiful egg of theirs..the..announcement.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I'm quite partial to leghorns and they would do well in your climate.

Ahhh Debie! A gal after my own heart. I love the legorn. Always one of my best, more friendly birds in the yard!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new hobby.


Here are some links to key resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3
• Great resource for beginners = https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/
• Good starting point for browsing the site - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/
• Interesting feedback on how members manage their flocks -https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives
• Excellent source of local information - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[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!

 

[Acre4Me]

Welcome!

Our quietest breeds are our Easter Eggers and Barred Rocks. As in, I’ve never experienced them singing the egg song ever...either quiet or a few clucks, whereas some of our others are quite noisy laying eggs and generally opinionated.

Our female dark brown Leghorns were very noisy and the male Leghorns annoyingly so. Neighbor of ours has white Leghorns which are noisy when laying eggs.

FWIW, you can purchase started pullets from a hatchery. They cost more, but they will be guarenteed female, and will be close to Point of Lay (POL), so eggs sooner. In addition, you won’t have to buy baby chick stuff (heat source, feed and waterers, chick crumble, etc) this year.

Good luck!

 

[meglynnie]

 

[fldiver97]

Where in Florida are you ?

Where in Florida are you ?

I used to live in Tampa but live in Wisconsin now...

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!​