Hello

[French Lynnette]

Hi

I'm new to chickens....

I found you via a google search on how to build a coop. What a great site, so much information I can see it will take me ages to read and that I've the place to help me go in the right direction.

I live in rural south west France with my 11 year old son, a dog, 2 kittens and 2 guinea pigs. I'm no longer in the employed world as retired early following a bit of a do with cancer. Nothing like that to focus the mind and life priorities!

So now pretty broke but very happy and trying to get in to self sustaining..

First priority hen house and feeding/watering then what type of chucks and how old to buy them...

I look forward to learning.

Lynnette

 

[iwiw60]

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

You will want to stop by our learning center here on BYC for lots of great reads on all the aspects of keeping poultry....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

There are lots of great breeds out there but it all depends on whether you are looking for meat birds, eggs or pets. Here are 2 nice external pages with info on the different breeds....

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

Great to have you aboard and if you have any other questions, that is what we are here for!

 

[Loc20chick]

join the club, have fun, learn and share your knowledge too. Glad to have you here

 

[French Lynnette]

Thanks for the welcome people.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck with all your poultry projects. X3 the Learning Center is a great place to start. You might also like the BYC sister site http://www.sufficientself.com/ Best wishes for continued good health!

 

[gander007]

 

[Duckopolis]

Good luck with your poultry raising adventures,and I hope you find everything you need to know. Don't forget to take a look at BYC's very useful learning center (If you haven't already)! The learning center as well as the forum should answer your questions! Glad to have you here! See you around the forum.