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Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.
 
Idaho Chicken Bungalow said:
Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I always check in the "What's New" section as well at the top of this page. This way I can read how I may have a similar question or help give some advice.
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Thanks for the recommendation!
 
SpringhouseFarm said:
Hello! I just found BYC & was excited there's a forum for fellow chicken enthusiasts to talk chickens & have a resource of knowledge from other chicken owners!

Growing up I was in FFA & I raised chickens. I haven't had chickens for many years but now that my kids have reached the toddler & preschool age I thought it would be a great experience for them to raise chickens & breed them to sell hatching eggs & chicks. We want them to have farm experiences like we did growing up so we're slowly working on starting a homestead. They're so excited about it & my preschooler said she wants to build a farmstand to sell the eggs lol. I'm a stay at home mom so I thought it'd be a fun way to make a little extra money too while giving us a fun way to spend time together!

This spring we're getting a combination of hatching eggs & chicks. The breeds we're getting are:
•Whiting True Blues
•Black Copper Marans
•Buff Orpingtons
•Speckled Sussex
•Bielefelder
•Black Australorp
•Welsummers
•Blue Cochins
•Salmon Faverolles
•Lavender Cochin Bantams (some will be frizzles)
•thinking of maybe adding Silverudd's Blue (Isbar)

The number of chickens keeps going up! Haha I started off with just wanting to get a couple but there are so many awesome kid friendly breeds that we're up to 20 some (almost 30) chickens now!:lau does anyone else have this problem of finding too many breeds they like that they end up getting way more than they originally planned on??
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Welcome to BYC!!
 
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC, where we do, indeed, spend a lot of time discussing our own and each others' birds! We love photos and stories a lot. I really like that you are making a family project. The kids will always remember their experiences.

I presume that you know to keep your toddlers/preschoolers away from any roosters that result from your hatch. They are small enough and active enough that roosters can misread them and attack them as a danger to the rooster's ladies. And roosters can do serious damage, mental as well as physical to small people. They are just doing their rooster duty, and it's up to us to prevent tragedies by keeping small people away from the roosters' territory.

Done with public service announcement.

How fun to choose breeds! There are always more that I can think of, and would love to add. It's called chicken math, and it's a real thing. Many folks here routinely advise new members to build bigger coops and runs than they currently need, with chicken math in mind! We joke about it, and you'll see some folks noting Chicken Addict, or Victim of Chicken Math in their avatar listing. We will wait anxiously to hear what breeds you start with, and any additions you make over time!
 

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