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[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Hello and welcome to BYC! This is a great place to learn and share your chicken adventures.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Glad to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[The Cuckoo Nest66]

I echo that they are just establishing the pecking order.
Are your children tending to the chickens? It’s so nice having eager little ones feed, water, and collect eggs. I’m afraid of even freeze dried worms, so the LO doles them out too!
I hope you find yourself some great new friends here. Good luck with the predators too!

Oh my gosh yes! My 5 year old is especially into this whole "farmer" stuff haha. He asked me this morning if he could help me clean up the poop and use the poop wagon he got me for Christmas

 

[The Cuckoo Nest66]

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

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Best wishes

Pork Pie

Thank you for the tip!

 

[The Cuckoo Nest66]

Hi! Welcome to BYC! There is so much to learn about flock protection, and I am also a victim of losing chickens to a predator I did not consider. It's a complicated issue. You can build fort Knox, or you can determine the particular predators in your area and fight against that. We have forums on coop and run building as well as forums on predators. I hope you will explore and find what works for you!! I'm so sorry for your losses!!!

Thank you. Yes, losing those girls was heartbreaking. I never thought I would grow such an attachment to chickens! I grew up in suburbs and was never one to like farms or dirty animals etc. And here I am with 5 acres and a family raising chickens (and loving it!) haha. I will definitely take a look around, I look forward to learning!

 

[BullChick]

Oh my gosh yes! My 5 year old is especially into this whole "farmer" stuff haha. He asked me this morning if he could help me clean up the poop and use the poop wagon he got me for Christmas

When I had sand in the coop, the LO was 3. She used to help with that. Now she can rake or shuffle straw bedding, but I don’t let her go crazy without a bandanna. She is 5, and has all of her own coop and building tools to help me.

 

[The Cuckoo Nest66]

When I had sand in the coop, the LO was 3. She used to help with that. Now she can rake or shuffle straw bedding, but I don’t let her go crazy without a bandanna. She is 5, and has all of her own coop and building tools to help me.

Aww that's a great idea, might have to look into that for our kiddos too