Looking to have chickens back on property.

[CarpCharacin]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join our wonderful community!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Can't wait to see pictures!

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading. Good luck on your adventures!​

 

[Melky]

Welcome to BYC!​

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello, and a warm welcome to Backyard Chickens! It's great to have you here with us and I hope you'll enjoy it here as much as we all do!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to at BYC We're so happy you decided to join us

 

[meglynnie]

Welcome to the Flock!

 

[Hainies Hen House]

Shameless bump.

New to BYC.
My house and 1 acre are all that are left from a small commercial chicken farm, Haines Hen House. It is situated between the Schuykill River and Girard Canal in SEPA
I don't know the years of operation but i believe it was up until the 60s .Old aerial photos show a series of small hen houses. My neighbors small charming stonehouse was a brood house among other things in its 200 year history.
I have a photo from the late 1920's showing a coop on spoked wheels in my yard. My cellar had an old rotting sorting and packing bench. It had been stamped many times with rubber stamps designating egg size and Hen House address.
Anyway, I've never had chickens but I'm looking to get a few laying chickens to start with then work up to raising broilers to fill the freezer each spring.
There are many hawks and foxes around. I'm considering building a covered run on an existing concrete pad and putting 12"+ of soil in it.

Wow I can't believe it's been three years since I joined BYC and still no chickens.
In the interim I've was given a small coop with three nest boxes, I purchased some cattle panels and lumber and was given a chain link fence dog kennel. I was well on my way to getting chickens back at Hainies Hen House, then I had a medical problem sneak up on me and I lost all energy and interest in chickens.
Fast forward to August 2022. Now I'm 60 years old, retired and three months into cardiac rehab after aortic valve replacement. I've dropped 35lbs and I'm feeling great. I have as much energy as I did at 40. I'm still limited to lifting 50lbs or less for three more months.
I'll be starting a thread about my chicken adventures very soon.

I'm not the only one excited about the imminent return of chickens to Hainies Hen House. This juvenile red shoulder hawk is too.

 

[chrissynemetz]

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

 

[Callender Girl]

Good to hear that you are back on track and feeling great!

Will look forward to updates at Hainies Hen House -- but that hawk needs to find a new home!