middle-aged newbie

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Have you visited the coop articles pages?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

@tsparling LOVE your Raven avatar, it's calling to my heart/clan.

Make yourself at home here and ask any questions you may have, we are all ears.

Welcome to our roost!

 

[TheChiggens]

Hi, Welcome to BYC!
Now that you joined you will have a goldmine of info won how to raise chickens!
Good luck.
-Keep Clucking!

 

[tsparling]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Have you visited the coop articles pages?

Hi!
I have looked at a few. Everyone has posted some really good ideas I never considered. It has been really helpful looking through the few I've looked at so far.

 

[tsparling]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

@tsparling LOVE your Raven avatar, it's calling to my heart/clan.

Make yourself at home here and ask any questions you may have, we are all ears.

Welcome to our roost!

Gunalcheesh!
I am from the raven clan of the Tlingit tribe.

 

[TwoShepherds]

Hello and welcome! You are going to love having chickens. Space for chickens was one of the criteria I was looking for when we bought the property we have now, but we didn't actually get around to adding the coop and chickens until this spring. I am so hooked. You are wise to do your research and get the coop planned before the chicks or chickens come home. Sounds like you are off to a great start. keep us updated.

 

[TwoCrows]

Gunalcheesh!
I am from the raven clan of the Tlingit tribe.

Haluugikpin!

I am a huge mess, I mean mix, of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern, several First Nations Canadian tribes, along with Inupiaq, Raven clan, north of the Hudson Bay. Very nice to meet you!

 

[N F C]

Try to get your coop built before you get chicks...those little things grow incredibly fast and you don't want to have to scramble at the last minute

It's nice to have you here!

 

[tsparling]

Try to get your coop built before you get chicks...those little things grow incredibly fast and you don't want to have to scramble at the last minute

It's nice to have you here!

thanks for the advice! I will definitely get the coop going before getting some chicks

 

[tsparling]

Hi! Welcome to BYC from a fellow Washingtonian. A word of caution, raising chickens is an addiction. So, when building your coop and run, plan one big enough for twice the amount of chickens you want, and then build it a little bigger than that. Read up on coops and runs in the forum for that subject; just go to forums and pan down the page and you'll see it. Make sure it is predator proof because there is just nothing worse than coming out to find one of your precious girls has been attacked. There are a lot of very experienced people here ready to help you along the way. Don't hesitate to ask questions!

Hey there! thanks for the advice! Yes, we have plenty of raccoons. I heard them going after the neighbors chickens a few weeks ago. That was tough to listen to...