New member from NW Pennsylvania

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC.

Here are some links to useful resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - “How to...” guides
• Great go-to resource - Learning Centre
• Good starting point for browsing the site - Articles
• Insightful feedback on how members manage their flocks - Topic of the Week back-catalogue
• Excellent sources of local information - U.S. States

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[drumstick diva]

So glad you joined us at Backyard Chickens, the pulse beat of the chicken community.

 

[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!

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello and welcome to Backyard Chickens! So glad you decided to join the flock.

 

[oldcutlas]

SO it looks like I'm going with Barred rock, and ameracauna to start with, as I have found 13, 8 week old chicks for $30 near me, and am picking them up tomorrow. So much for waiting until spring) I am going to slap together a temporary coop until I can get the log cabin coop put together. I'll post some pics of my new flock tomorrow when I get them home. I definitely appreciate the suggestions for breeds, but sometimes you have to just take the opportunities that life throws at you.

I guess I was really meant to have these because I just spent the weekend tearing down some chicken wire that was given to me by a local homesteader who is moving to the city, and then ran across the ad on craigslist tonight.

SUPER EXCITED!!

 

[DobieLover]

You will still need to house your new pullets in a predator proof, dry, well ventilated coop and have enough space for the upcoming winter. You don't want the opportunity life threw your way to end up being an opportunity for chicken dinner for the predators in your area as well.
Unfortunately, the chicken wire is not predator proof to anything much larger than a house cat.

 

[oldcutlas]

You will still need to house your new pullets in a predator proof, dry, well ventilated coop and have enough space for the upcoming winter. You don't want the opportunity life threw your way to end up being an opportunity for chicken dinner for the predators in your area as well.
Unfortunately, the chicken wire is not predator proof to anything much larger than a house cat.

Predators aren't much of an issue for me, my neighbor has chickens and is using chicken wire and has only lost one bird in three years to a coon, which he trapped and killed... my temp coop will be very temporary as I will have the permanent coop up before the snow flies... I also am making the temp coop as more of a chicken tractor and will be putting them into my garage at night until the new coop is built... I do thank you for the advice though

 

[oldcutlas]

Also I am using hardware cloth on the permanent coop, the chicken wire is more for their runs than the coop itself

 

[oldcutlas]

My new flock is home!! it looks like 9 or ten hens, and 3-4 roos. I didn't get a chance to get any pics yet though because the women I got them from had to work late and I didn't get them home till after dark. I will definitely get some pics tomorrow and get them posted!!

WOOHOO, I am now a chicken rancher!!