New Chicken Mama

[Odessa]

I'm a first time chicken Mama, our first chickies hatched 3 weeks ago. Never had chickens and still need to build a coop so any advice would be great on all accounts. We live in northern Minnesota so not exactly sure on coop....

 

[sunflour]

so glad you joined us. And congrats on a successful hatch and getting your new chicks.


You do need to make decisions on the coop and get it started, they will be ready to move to the coop in a few weeks.

If you haven't already done so, explore the coop/run forums. You can post under "where am I, where are you" forum to get some input from folks in your area on how they house and manage flocks in your area.

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC and congrats on the new chicks!

x2 on the information from @sunflour . And if you haven't already, you'll want to check out the Housing and Feeding articles under the Learning Center tab. https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/housing-and-feeding-your-chickens

Good luck to you!

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided join our flock. Definitely look at our coops section at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coops. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. What kind of chicks do you have?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to the flock, the Learning Center is the best place to start a chicken education.

 

[Odessa]

I have 1 100% Icelandic, 5 1/2 Icelandic mixes (austrolope, wyandotte,Easter egger)
Plus I bought four:
2 100% austrolopes, 1 buff orpington, and 1 silver lace wyandotte.
Thanks for all the welcomes and info!

 

[Michael OShay]

I have 1 100% Icelandic, 5 1/2 Icelandic mixes (austrolope, wyandotte,Easter egger)
Plus I bought four:
2 100% austrolopes, 1 buff orpington, and 1 silver lace wyandotte.
Thanks for all the welcomes and info!

Ooh, I'm envious. I would love to have some Icelandics, but they are relatively rare and expensive, and no one ships them to where I live. You have some great breeds. Australorps are my favorite standard breed (I haven't had Icelandics to compare with them). I've raised Australorps for years (along with dozens of other breeds), and they are extremely hardy, calm and gentle (my children and granddaughter made lap pets of them), and excellent layers of large, brown eggs. Good luck with your flock.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!