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Hi! I'm Rachel. My husband, Nick, and I live on about 2 acres in the woods in the mountains of North Carolina. We have been planning to get chickens since we moved in a year ago and yesterday we finally got 4 6-week-old Whiting True Greens and Whiting True Blues!
This is my first time ever having chickens and I've been reading a ton on this site and thought it was about time I officially joined.
I also have 2 little dogs. One has been around chickens before and is intrigued by them but keeps his distance. The other one I'm pretty sure his first time seeing a chicken was when we put them in the coop yesterday and he is NOT happy, so I'm starting to train him to just stay away from their coop to not scare them. I'm a high school teacher which makes things crazy this time of year but I'm looking forward to a free summer to hang out in the backyard gardening and spending time with the chickens.
So cool! We live directly in between Asheville and Brevard!Hi Rachel & Nick! Welcome, North Carolina is one of my favorite states since my wife and I had honeymoon there few years ago. Asheville and Brevard area particularly, love the mountains.
They don't like me enough yet for me to take good pictures haha... so far the best I've got is my profile picture on here. This is the only one with all 4 of them so far.
Hi Rachel, it's nice to have you here with us!
If you'd like to share pictures of your flock, I'd like to see them