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abrants99

abrants99

In the Brooder
Mar 18, 2018
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Massachusetts
My Coop
My Coop
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes brand new. We just picked up our 6 chickens this morning
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
6
(3) What breeds do you have?
3 Buff Orpingtons and 3 barred plymouth rock
(4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com?
did a search for sleeping chicks and found the site
(5) What are some of your other hobbies?
Hockey, DYI tech, automation
(6) Tell us about your family, your other pets, your occupation, or anything else you'd like to share.
Have two girls that are very excited to have chickens.
 
Hello and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new littles :thumbsup

These links may be interesting

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens.47691/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/hatching-eggs-raising-chickens.22/

Any questions that you may have regarding your chicks will be best posted here - http://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks

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


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 can use this link to contact members in your area - Find Your State Thread

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
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G’Day from down under abrants.. :frow Welcome and Congratulations! :clap

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.

Including your general location on your profile will assist others. Location, climate, season etc can be important factors when members are responding to any questions you may have and vice versa.

Please do check out the Topic of the Week discussions Pork Pie mentioned. I have found these to be a great resource, informative and sometimes entertaining.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock, 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 ;)
 

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