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[mommaBof7]

Hello all! Here is my brief intro --
My family and I are jumping into the world of backyard chickens. I've had chickens as a child and I've always wanted some with my own family! Recently in my classroom we hatched out several chicks for a family who owns a farm. I fell in love with chickens all over again and decided to go ahead and finally start that small backyard chicken coop I've always wanted. We are starting with four chicks (just over a week old), possibly five. I know some from caring for them already at school, but I'm going to soak up all the information I can in the next few days. I know they are too little for the chicken coop yet, so it buys me some time to get everything sorted out.
I don't know the breeds yet, but they are basically all assorted and mixed. I'm not even sure which are hens or roosters, so that may be a big surprise too. I haven't picked out which chicks we want, so I'm also trying to find any info of possible indications of male/female (I read about wing/feather differences, sometimes color differences, etc..).
I look forward to learning about this whole new world!

Bethany
Mom of 7...
Starting our "mini-farm" with one rabbit, five soon-to-be chicks, four cats, a turtle, and one old dog.

 

[Ducksandchickens]

What kind of turtle do you have? I have a red eared slider

 

[mommaBof7]

Yes - a red eared slider here too!

 

[Ducksandchickens]

Yes - a red eared slider here too!

Mine is huge!

Her names tortuga. She lives with a fish

 

[drumstick diva]

Love your turtle - does she try to eat the fish? Ooh just noticed Tortuga was tiny nails, guess I never looked that closely at turtles before.
As a child had a tiny turtle from the Dime store (boy is that dating me) and they only sold turtle food- which later found out was just dead flies, ended up with quickly dead turtle.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC and congrats on your new flock.

On this link you'll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Greetings mommaBof7, Welcome to BYC!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome! We are glad you joined our flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.

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[Joeschooks]

Thank you for joining us

 

[007Sean]

Love your turtle - does she try to eat the fish? Ooh just noticed Tortuga was tiny nails, guess I never looked that closely at turtles before.
As a child had a tiny turtle from the Dime store (boy is that dating me) and they only sold turtle food- which later found out was just dead flies, ended up with quickly dead turtle.

Hey @drumstick diva , I remember the dime store turtles, too! M. E. Moses was the name of the store. They sold for $3 , I thought that was expensive.