Hi - New Member who joined today (2/18/2023)

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terryjendon1974

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Hi, my name is Terry I'm a new member here. My wife, Kerry and I just moved outside of Atlanta to our forever (farm) home. We will be proud parents of 5-6 chickens in July of this year (2023). We just purchase our home north of Atlanta after being in the city of Atlatna for the past 7 years. The home has 2 acres and we plan to build our infrastructure for a mini-homestead. We plan to also get a couple goats, mini-cow and have a food forest/garden in the backyard along with our chickens. We are looking to learn as much as we can while talking to others who have already gone through the chicken owning experience by joining this community.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
New to chickens and plan to have some in July of this year.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Zero, but will have 6 baby chicks come July of this year.

(3) What breeds do you have?
Andalusian (1), Rhode Island Red (2), Columbian Wyandotte (1), Black Star (2)

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Being able to have your own eggs and the many different personalities that they will have...I keep hearing you will fall in love with them.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
I like fixing and building things, yard work, flying my drone when I can, etc. Kayaking, Hiking and golfing sometimes too.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My wife and I are empty nesters trying to build our forever (mini farm) home out in the country on some land. We have a daughter who lives in Atlanta (about an hour away) and have two beautiful MainCoon cats. I work as a engineer and my wife is a project manager.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I discovered from searching the web and my wife knows about the website and FB page.
 
terryjendon1974 said:
Hi, my name is Terry I'm a new member here. My wife, Kerry and I just moved outside of Atlanta to our forever (farm) home. We will be proud parents of 5-6 chickens in July of this year (2023). We just purchase our home north of Atlanta after being in the city of Atlatna for the past 7 years. The home has 2 acres and we plan to build our infrastructure for a mini-homestead. We plan to also get a couple goats, mini-cow and have a food forest/garden in the backyard along with our chickens. We are looking to learn as much as we can while talking to others who have already gone through the chicken owning experience by joining this community.

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
New to chickens and plan to have some in July of this year.

(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
Zero, but will have 6 baby chicks come July of this year.

(3) What breeds do you have?
Andalusian (1), Rhode Island Red (2), Columbian Wyandotte (1), Black Star (2)

(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens?
Being able to have your own eggs and the many different personalities that they will have...I keep hearing you will fall in love with them.

(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
I like fixing and building things, yard work, flying my drone when I can, etc. Kayaking, Hiking and golfing sometimes too.

(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
My wife and I are empty nesters trying to build our forever (mini farm) home out in the country on some land. We have a daughter who lives in Atlanta (about an hour away) and have two beautiful MainCoon cats. I work as a engineer and my wife is a project manager.

(7) Bonus: How did you find BYC, how long have you known about BYC, and what made you finally join our awesome community?
I discovered from searching the web and my wife knows about the website and FB page.
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Welcome to BYC!!
 
Glad to meet you, Terry & Kerry, and welcome to BYC. Congratulations on your new farm home! There are a number of folks here interested in food forests/permaculture and being self sufficient, as well as loving chickens! Just add either of those terms in the search bar to find conversations on your topic.

You might be interested in several sister sites to BYC, BackYard Herds, and The Easy Garden.
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. All articles are short, and have illustrations, and reviews, which are often worth looking at for the comments.

1. Intro to chicken keeping

2. Common mistakes & how to fix them

3. Ventilation (important to chicken health), with helpful links to coop designs organized by climate (because what is just right for my New England hens won't work for my brother's Arizona chickens)

4. Predator protection for new & existing coops

5. Dealing with a muddy coop and run

6. (are you where winter is a thing?) Winter chicken care

To look for articles on your own:

A. Use the SEARCH button, but use the Advanced Search choice, and select ARTICLES at the top of the box. Just enter your keyword(s) and scroll through your results!

B. I find it helpful to notice the rating and reviews. All articles are by BYC members, and all the reviews/ratings are as well. The ratings help a newbie like me sort the most useful and reliable articles.

C. You can bookmark the articles or posts you think you want to refer to again using that bookmark icon at the top of articles or posts. You can find them again by clicking on your own avatar and looking at the list of bookmarks you have built up!

Notes about where to put a coop:

1. As far as you can, put a coop and run on high ground, that drains well, so you won't have so much muddy coop problems. Chickens need to be dry, dry, dry.

2. As far as you can, put a coop with the ventilation lined up with your prevailing breezes, and away from the direction of your storms. If you are not sure of these (who is these days?), check with your local National Weather Service website.

3. As far as you can, arrange for some sort of shade over your coop and run. Preferably deciduous so the girls will enjoy winter sun, but summer shade.
 

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