New in Berryville, Virginia

[drumstick diva]

So glad you joined us at Backyard Chickens

 

[Melky]

Welcome to BYC!​

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Eggscaping]

Hello, all!

I've been lurking in BYC for a while, but this week, we finally moved from our covenant-bound neighborhood to a rural home in NW Virginia.

Current plans include building an 8'x12' Woods coop, using the deep litter method, and supplementing feed with mealworms, fodder, and possibly fermented grain.

I plan to surround a square roughly 50m (164') on a side with electric fencing, and allow the chickens to free range inside that space. The space will also include the rabbit hutch, the main vegetable garden (with poultry netting around it to keep the chickens from decimating it), and a rotating chicken garden.

Initial plans include raising a straight run of 25 Cornish-Rocks for processing, mostly for learning and practice. If I can get the coop built in time, I will do that this Fall. Next Spring, I plan to get another straight run, but of Buff Orpingtons, which I will cull for breeders.

Goals: Enjoyment, health, and self-sufficiency.

Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people!

 

[Celticdragonfly]

Welcome to BYC, and congrats on getting a rural home! That sounds awesome.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Good luck raising and processing your first batch of meat birds.

 

[rjohns39]

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

You're about 2 hours from Polyface farms. That's where I learned to process meat birds. If you call them, they'll tell you when they are processing and you can watch and they'll teach. I was driving from Springfield at the time and it was well worth the drive. Also Joel has some good youtube videos that explain the process well, but seeing it in person makes a difference. Also sunrise farms has awesome feed. They are who Joel uses.

 

[CarpCharacin]

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

 

[DoozyWombat]

Welcome Nice to have you here! Good luck as a future ‘chicken tender’

Thanks! I'm really hoping to get started with the "learning flock" this Fall.