New Chicken Enthusiast

[Pork Pie]

Welcome to our community. Please make yourself at home here with us.

Best wishes
Pork Pie

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens a mean chicken needs to be soup ... I hope you enjoy your time here

 

[Rick M]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[rjohns39]

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

 

[feathermaid]

Hello there, Chicks & Kids!!

Barred Rocks and Buffs are really sweet varieties. I'm sure you will find chicken ownership to be very rewarding. They will bring you joy, maybe some tears, but also countless hours of entertainment. You've just become a new subscriber to chicken TV!!

Here are some articles explaining important things to keep in mind when getting their coop ready:

How Much Room Do Chickens Need

Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!

Predator Proofing

Have fun with those babies... they grow super fast.
And good luck in your new chicken adventure!

Thank-you for the welcomes! I did not expect that but truly appreciate it! I LOVE my 2 Orpington Buffs - sweet, friendly ladies! My 2 Rhode Island Reds do not like to be pet as much but will still come when called and eat from my hand.
***BIG HEARTBREAK - I lost one of my truly beautiful Barred Plymouth Rock Pullut Hens because she, Roxy started crowing! And now named Rocky, he won’t stop! He has started attacking my 12 year old son, who is a couple inches taller than me about 1 1/2 week ago. Yesterday, Rocky the “RUDE-STER” attached both my son and my husband (which I couldn’t help but enjoy watching hubby run like he was being chased by a Tasmanian Devil ‍). Now, today he snuck up on me and bit my leg! I love Rocky but cannot have him attacking us or especially any visiting children and other guests. And now my older sons and their girlfriends will not come by!
I have a wonderful farm only 5 minutes away that offered to take Rocky, but I will miss him so, so much! It was only about 2 - 3 weeks ago when he stopped allowing me to hold and pet him.
I will still have the two sweet Orpington Buffs - Pippy and Marilyn Monroe, two skittish Rhode Island Reds - Lucille Ball and Rosie, and poor odd gal out Barred Plymouth Rock, Connie-Stella because she looks like a constellation of stars on a clear night, she is also a sweetheart and enjoys my company.
They are all free range on 1/2 acre without a lot of hiding places. I have built some due to a heavy hawk population this past summer and one of my dogs watches out for them like they were her own pups but even she is backing off due to Rocky the Rude-ster!
We are starting to add a run enclosure after Saturday but my bed is pounding from all the foundation materials that so many people use and actually argue about.
Well bye for now from a throbbing, heartbroken over Rude-ster.

Hi @The Lady Bug Flock, could you please post your own thread in new member introductions and tell us your story there... instead of hijacking this one? We all like to welcome new members and this particular thread is for @Chicks & Kids.

 

[Chicks & Kids]

Thanks for the welcomes and the helpful links! It's a comfort to have so much information at my fingertips.