I FINALLY got some chickens!!

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NJDave

NJDave

In the Brooder
Aug 20, 2015
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Sussex County, NJ
Hey all,
After spending MANY hours on this site, and doing my research over the last 2 years, we finally got 2 birds this weekend. The girls are red sex link, and we have gotten 4 eggs already(2 sun and 2 this a.m.)
My wife let me convert a 8x8 resin shed we have on the property.
My step son spent the last two days hanging in the coop with them lol, I forced him out on Saturday so they could get acclimated, they started complaining when he had to leave :). They ate out of our hands from day one.
I plan on adding 4-6 more over the next few weeks. in groups of 2-3.
Everything with the coop came out better then I had hoped, if it wasnt for this website or the members of this website I NEVER would have had all the info I need to make sure I raise happy healthy birds, so THANK YOU!!!

You all rock!

I will post some pics, later this week, but so far so good.
 
Greetings from Kansas, NJDave, and
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! Happy you joined our community and that BYC was useful to you in the early stages of your chicken adventure!! Best wishes and enjoy your flock!!
 
Hi and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us and congrats on your new flock! I too, converted my shed into a coop - it works really well for me! I'd suggest that when you do make additions, you do so en-masse, rather than 2-3 at a time. It facilitates integration since there are more newbies, and thus less focus on each addition from your existing flock. Here's a few links on integration that may give you an idea of how to go about adding new flock members.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/introducing-new-chickens-using-the-see-but-don-t-touch-method

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1098683/introducing-new-chickens-to-old-flock#post_16895615

Best of luck
CT
 
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Thanks Ken I appreciate it.. That was today's goal, to research and make sure I do it right.
Thank you for taking the time you took to send the links man.
 
Hi Dave, and welcome to Backyard chickens! So glad you finally got some hens, and bet you can't wait for more! I have managed to fit 35 chickens in my 8'x8' coop, but they have plenty of run space. I hope you enjoy BYC and hope you find it as helpful as I have. Have a nice day!
 

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