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G’Day from down under Tigmao :frow Welcome!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

Have you decided on a breed? If not, you might find this article helpful: Pickin a Chicken

Sorry, but if by “coop says its for 6-8 chickens” it is a premanufactured, you will probably need to half that .. they always exaggerate the number of chickens. General rule of thumb is 4 square foot per large chicken of coop space, 10 square foot per large chicken of run space and 2 foot of roost space.

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

BYC has a Learning Centre and also Topic of the Week articles which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group. This one in particular I think you will find helpful:
Topic of the Week - Getting Started, Keeping Chickens

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock when they arrive, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out ;)

Finally, best wishes and good luck and do not be afraid to ask questions!
 
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This video may help with learning how to navigate this site.


If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us. :)
 
Hello and welcome to BYC

This link takes a more pragmatic and insightful approach to space issues, rather than numbers - http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-much-room-do-chickens-need

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

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 may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread

All the best

Pork Pie

ETA - Teila beat me to many of the links in my post - apologies for the repetition :)
 
Hello and Welcome to BYC! (aka BackYardChickens)
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It's wonderful to have you here with us! :ya
Thanks for joining! If you have questions, you will find your answers right here, on this brilliant site.:wee
This site is FULL of all info you will want/need to know about chickens and all poultry in general (and even other animals). And full of active, and fantastic members, they're amazing.
Hope you have a fab day!
Best wishes!
-Tov
 
Welcome to BYC!

Here is my best advice for navigating this forum:

If you have not already, put your location in your profile, not your address or anything but at least your state that will help you get better advice, and speaking of advice....

Almost everyone here is an absolute expert on almost everything imaginable, take me for example I have left advice about freezing temps and I live in Southern California. So take the best and leave the rest.

Once you do get some good advice, and you will, then follow said advice... Example being the guy who burned down his coop after being advised not to use a heat lamp in the coop and then talks about how to place the heat lamp going forward in the new coop....

Stay away from religion and politics, its just not worth it:oops:

Oh, and build BIG, chicken math is real:plbb

Welcome to the flock!

Gary from Idyllwild Ca here
 

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