Long Time Lurker, First Time Poster

[Nomadicus]

Hello and welcome to BYC. Glad to have you in this poultry loving community.

 

[WingsysRoost]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you could join us!

 

[Chocoboko]

Welcome. I highly recommend skipping a prefab altogether.

Going prefab just in case I end up not being able to keep chickens after all because of my allergies. Don't want to spend thousands to build the custom I want just to have to disassemble it. And if all goes well I can keep the prefab as an isolation coop later on.

One I'm looking at is made relatively local and appears to have good ventilation, but can always add more if needed. Will be sealing it, of course, and adding a hardware cloth predator skirt. Should have enough room for 4-5 silkies plus I plan on letting them out supervised under bird netting while I'm home.

Open to suggestions tho!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
So glad you decided to de-lurk!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. You can get a used shed for a lot less money. You can convert the shed into a coop by adding ventilation (holes covered securely with 1/2 inch hardware cloth), roosting bars and nesting boxes.

 

[Tookie]

Hello, welcome to BYC! So glad you decided to join us.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @Chocoboko

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and a belated welcome! It's very nice to meet you!

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Welcome to our awesome community! Nice to meet you

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hello everyone!

I've been a lurker for about 6 years now, signed up a few months ago, and am finally posting my intro! As you can see, I socialize at a snail's pace.

I have always had a love for birds, but due to allergies I was never able to own one. Now that I'm older and have my allergies under control, I'm hoping to finally have birds of my own! Currently I have a whopping zero chickens, trying to save up for my first prefab coop and supplies. My plan is to start off with a small flock of 4-5 or so silkies and expand to a large custom coop at a later date to give my flock plenty of room to grow. Right now my chicken plans are just for pets with bonus eggs, but should my allergies allow and if chicken math inevitably sets in, I may branch out into breeding.

Will be extra fun when I break ground on my garden, I'm sure they'll love digging around for some leftover flower and veggie treats!

Besides silkies, I have an interest in ameraucanas, sumatras, wyandottes, asil/aseel, orpingtons, barnevelders, and cream legbars. If I get a really bad case of math I may even try bobwhite quails (in a separate aviary)! I felt silkies would be a good starting point as they are usually considered a more docile breed that tolerates handling, plus they are fibromelanistic and look like Muppets which should help since my mom is weirded out by chickens with large, red single combs and wattles. I find big floppy combs and wattles a charm point, but they remind her of raw meat so...

Anyways, look forward to reading everyone's posts and chatting with y'all later!

Welcome into BYC!!