Hi from Holland

[Hendrika]

Hello everyone! Afters years of lurking and reading so many helpful, funny and touching stories, I'm now so happy to be an actual member of this beautiful community. I live in Holland, out in a forest, with my tiny flock (2 hens and a tiny rooster), and am building a brand new chicken paradise to expand my flock in the spring. I've started living with chickens only a few years ago, and am so happy (although sometimes quite frustrated when they uproot my veggies in the 5 seconds i wasn't watching them). Thanks for having me as a member!

 

[ValerieJ]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! Would love to see pictures of "chicken paradise". I think my chickens need that too! What kind of chickens do you have? We live in a forest too, and find growing veggies is hard enough without the chickens digging them up.

 

[BullChick]

Hi, welcome to the chicken paradise of the Internet! I am glad you have found this site to be so helpful. Now that you’re family, you can tell your own stories to touch the lives of others.
I hope you find your way to your local thread, and expand your flock to 596 by next year.

 

[N F C]

Hi, it's nice to have you here! Chickens love fresh grown vegetables as you've found out. Once mine wiped out a big area of kale before I got poultry fencing to keep them out of the garden...amazing how fast they can do that.

Thanks for joining us, make yourself at home!

 

[Callender Girl]

Welcome to the group! I spent a long time lurking before I joined, too. It's so much more fun to get to participate.

I also started out with just a few chickens -- four hens. Now, I have two geese, nine ducks, one rooster and 18 hens. I am looking forward to hearing about the paradise you're building and how many chickens you end up having.

By the way, is your tiny rooster just a young one or a small breed?

 

[abpatchy]

Welcome from Germany!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC. I hope that you enjoy your time here.

This is a useful link to take a look at - “How to...” guides. You may wish to consider including your location under your avatar (using the guide in the link above). You can use this link to contact members in your area - Europe

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens, the pulse beat of the chicken community.

 

[Hendrika]

Hi Valerie, thanks for your kind reply! My flock has had a rough year, with predators taken 3 of my girls. Now I've only got two hens (new hamsphire and rhode island red) and a tiny sebright rooster left. When spring comes i will have a new save henhouse and coop! Right now i'm doing preparations: I've demolished a small leaky shed, and am now clearing the ground space so I can lay a foundation. When there is something above i ground i'm happy to share pictures! What kind of chickens do you keep?

 

[Hendrika]

Welcome to the group! I spent a long time lurking before I joined, too. It's so much more fun to get to participate.

I also started out with just a few chickens -- four hens. Now, I have two geese, nine ducks, one rooster and 18 hens. I am looking forward to hearing about the paradise you're building and how many chickens you end up having.

By the way, is your tiny rooster just a young one or a small breed?

I'd love to have a and diverse flock like that! My tiny rooster is a sebright, and my ladies are walking all over him, i'm afraid