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[Heidi211]

Hello everyone!

My name is Heidi I'm 29 I live in Ohio on a small farm, just got 4 chickens lavender orpingtons and have a group of 16 chicks coming Monday! I'm very excited. We have had a small farm my whole life and now that I have a daughter of my own we got some chickens for her too!

 

[Pork Pie]

Greetings, Heidi and welcome to BYC - great that you have joined us. Congrats on your impending new chicks - a great experience for your daughter also.

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=learning+centre and 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.

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you

All the best
CT

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Heidi, and ! Happy you joined our community! Looks like CTKen gave you some super links to explore so I'll just say best wishes, good luck, and thanks for joining BYC!

 

[BuffOrpington88]

Hi Heidi, welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining us!

 

[CuzChickens]

Hello, and welcome to Backyard chickens! I started out with Lavies myself! You avatar is stunning. I hope you make yourself at home here, and enjoy it as much as I have!

 

[QueenMisha]

Welcome to BYC! It's great to have you.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Very nice to meet you Heidi, and great that your daughter will grow up around chickens too. I love lavender Orps.