Hi! New Chicken Farmer Here!

[Alcornell2]

Hello All and thank you for welcoming me into your community!

My name is Amanda and I live in Rhode Island. I am new to chickens, but my husband raised them as a child in the Dominican Republic (a huge difference from RI, I know). He brought home 12 ASI Browns and 1 RI Red (they accidentally stuck them all together in the same tin at the store). I found your forum when we found the red was not doing so well the first night and I thought she would die. From reading your forum I found she had a full crop? and I force fed her water and massaged it; now she's the craziest of the bunch!

I am a full time student, studying to be an ESL teacher, and have 2 children. My daughter is 6.5 and my son just turned 5. We have a 6 month old Mastiff/Lab mix puppy. In my not-so-spare time, I like to read historical and ethnic fiction, write short stories, and play with my dog and children. When I need to save my sanity, I do so with a good movie and a shot or two of some good tequila. My goal is to be mostly self-sufficient for veg/egg/meat in 3 years, probably a pretty lofty goal considering I still have at least 1 year of school left.

I hope to learn a lot from you all, and hopefully can return the wisdom in a couple years.

Cheers!
Amanda

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello Amanda and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new flock.

Here’s a good link where you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/


There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.


Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive


You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find Your State Thread

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[drumstick diva]

Hi Amanda, it's very nice to meet you. Hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do.

 

[N F C]

Hi Amanda, it's nice to have you here! Glad your RIR is doing better and that BYC has already been helpful to you.

Make yourself at home and thanks for joining us!

 

[sunflour]

so glad you decided to join us.

Good luck with your new adventures.

 

[Kiki]

We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops

 

[Joeschooks]

Hello Amanda There's many friendly, knowledgeable members here who are always happy to help if needed, or simply just join in the chicken chat! Great to have you here

 

[Alcornell2]

Hello Amanda There's many friendly, knowledgeable members here who are always happy to help if needed, or simply just join in the chicken chat! Great to have you here

Thank you! I'm happy to be here!

 

[Alcornell2]

We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops

Thank you! I was perusing for a while last night whilst freaking out about my injured Brown. Lots of good info here.

 

[Alcornell2]

so glad you decided to join us.

Good luck with your new adventures.

Thank you Sunflour!