I've waited 29 years for this moment

[ChicksNTX]

Hello from Texas!! After 29 years of asking my husband for chickens he surprised me on my birthday with a stack of backyard chicken books and told me I "let's do this!" I'm excited beyond belief and as nervous as a broody hen. I ordered my babies in February, the minimum order was 8 and our city allows 5 so I found someone with a pet flock that would take 3. I got 2 white cochins, 2 australorps and 4 wyandottes. I kept all but 3 wyandottes. They are 5 weeks old, we are on brooder number 2 and in process of building a coop and a yard for them. Looking forward to what the future holds!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Congratulations on your surprise! Enjoy them. HE will too!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy neighbor and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
You may like to join us fellow Texans over on the "Where am I ? Where are you!" forum. Here's a link to the Texad thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/texas.44/

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[moniquem]

Congratulations! You will find lots if great info on this site. I got my first flock of 5 last spring, I waited YEARS before I had a yard big enough to hold a bit-o-chickens. I have 3 girls, one is an australorp who is the best chicken ever. Good layer, hardy and very sweet to us and her flock mates. Good luck!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC.

This link may be interesting
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

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

Welcome! I've been waiting what feels like 29 years to get my forever chickens too, one day I hope to be as lucky as you!

 

[Trux]

and congrats on your new flock Hope you enjoy the experience and have all sorts of fun watching them grow

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome Congrats on your new chicks Glad you decided to join us!

 

[Cadence A Waller]

Welcome to BYC! Congrats and good luck with your chicks! I hope you enjoy them!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Congratulations on our birthday and the upcoming chickens both!
And , we are glad you joined this eggciting community.