New Member ---> CANADA

[Thunder Bay Chicken]

Hello All

New here and new to chickens!

No experience with chickens but more then willing to learn.

My wife and I live in Northern Ontario CANADA on just under 50 acres.

We have 7 dogs and have be involved with dogs (showing, breeding, and rescue) for years.

We have been interested in creating a small hobby farm and thought chickens would be a good place to start.

The other day I was at the local feed/framers co-op buying corn to bait deer and found a chicken magazine. Then the lady told me to go to their website and check out the one day old birds for sale in the spring. This lead me here when I was researching chicken breeds online and now I AM CHICKEN CRAZY!!!!

I have been reading here nonstop for weeks... thought I should register at some point because I still have a few questions and will post them, hope some of you can answer them.

I look forward to learning, talking and sharing with other members about keeping chickens.

Right now I'm struggling with coop more then anything... I have until spring but I'm not sure if I should convert an old building I have on property or build new. Both have advantages...

 

[Dar]

I am a wee bit south of you..LOL

 

[Luckytaz]

Wecome, and be sure to check the Chantecler breed. They are a very good dual purpose bird originating in Canada.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

and

from Ohio. My advice is to choose whatever is least expensive to build the largest coop you can. Chickens are like chips, you can't just stop at a few. You will want more and more. So you will need plenty of room.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

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[Imp]

A warm welcome from an imp in Washington

You came to the right place for chicken talk

Imp

 

[can you hear me now?]

Hi

glad you decided to say hi.

 

[Ema]

from northern ontario too (hearst) glad you are here

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

from Colorado!

And good luck deciding what to do with regards to the coop! I second 4-H Mom, always go bigger than you think you need. I ended up getting a Eglu Cube and now my main regret is that I can't fit more birds! Always leave room for a few more...

 

[Thunder Bay Chicken]

Thank-you very much for the warm welcome! I appreciate it.