New member, but no chicks yet

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Shylis

Shylis

In the Brooder
8 Years
Mar 28, 2011
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Lee's Summit, MO
Greetings,
I'm a new member, but I've been reading topics here for a couple weeks. I am doing alot of researching and planning before I get my chickens. And I thought I might as well join now. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, but I like to know as much as I can about what I plan to do, before doing it. I will be raising about 6 chicks for eggs. But I'm sure as soon as I have room, I will probably be breeding. That may be a couple years in the future still, but I'll have plenty of time to learn alot from all of you.

I live in west-central Missouri (USA) and I am intrested in the Ameraucana breed. It would be ideal if I could find bantam Ameraucana nearby to get my first birds from, but I doubt I'm that lucky.
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Remember to build bigger than you plan. Such a pain to add on. Look at all the coop plans on the site and ask questions in the threads when you see them.

And come to me for hatching eggs. LOL You're going to want to learn about hatching if you're going to breed later and get GOOD birds now. It saves you later on. Go with breeders who will help you along too.
 
lol I've read about that chicken math. I orginally wanted just 3 or 4 hens for eggs, but now I'm thinking 6 is a good number. But I know I will have no more than 6 hens and no roos until I move out of city limits. That is all we are allowed here.
 
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There are BYC'ers everywhere!

I've been wanting Ameraucanas for some time, but the hatching eggs can be high and if your incubator messes up or your electric goes out for awhile, well, you're out $ . (My electric ONLY seems to act up when I'm hatching eggs and that's not that often! Go figure!)

I had all but given up on them when my fiance told me that he found a blue Ameraucana roo listed for free on the local online classifieds. Not wanting to get my hopes up, I called immediately.

Turns out, the lady that owned the roo lived only 5 minutes from me AND it's a co-worker's sister and fellow BYC'er! She got some test eggs from Happy_chooks in California and had them shipped to PA.

You just never know where your next chicken will come from!
 
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