Hi from Central PA

[chicknubee]

I am new to chickens (still getting started with equiptment, supplies and choosing chicken breeds) hence my name.
I'm glad there's a forum where I can access resources. My sister has chickens but I have never had any (yet). The nore I investigate, the more I want them! Hope you can all cope with my novice questions on this forum!
Clucka-plucka-clucka!

 

[Gargoyle]

Welcome to BYC, and feel free to ask away...

 

[dmclalin]

Welcome chicknubee! I am also new and have ordered baby chicks for the end of March. This is a great forum. I am in Michigan and we have a very active MI forum as well. I am so glad you found us!!

 

[S&N Livestock]

from Ohio

 

[chicknubee]

Thank you for the warm welcome! I have spent the last 48 hrs online looking at chicken hatcheries, supplies and how to start baby chicks. I am a bit worried about predators as we have ALL of them here. From my reading, it looks like I am going to be investing in a lot of poultry wire. And wood, and nails, hooks, screws and so on. I'm a big gardener so I hope I don't kill as many chickens as I have plants!

 

[golden reeves]

your in the right place

 

[Creaking pines kids]

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Welcome!! From a fellow Pennsylvanian, I too am struggling with the many predator problems we have. I took photos today of a hawk roosting in the treeline above my chicken run and a Bald Eagle across the corn field from my house. Arrrrgh! I believe we are going to have to invest in a livestock guardian dog. Good luck in your choices!

 

[Gargoyle]

it looks like I am going to be investing in a lot of poultry wire.

Keep in mind, chicken wire keeps chickens in but it does not keep predators out. You need to use hardware cloth, which is the welded wire with square mesh.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and

from Ohio. So glad you joined. Yes you have come to the right place.