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Chris Reynolds

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Hi, my name is Chris. I am just south of Raleigh, NC. I am new to chickens of my own, however I spent a lot of time on my Grandfather's farm with his chickens. Things are always different when its you taking soul care of something and there is a lot I need to learn. I get eggs from a friend that raises chickens and I feel its time to raise my own. I am a low level homesteader. I try to make it myself or find ways to make recycle things to serve another purpose. I enjoy finding ways to get the job done without having to just go out and buy something. I hunt for subsistence and live off venison for my primary source of red meat. I either eat that or chicken so I think it makes sense to start a flock. I have a working relationship with a local university's poultry research facility that has already offered to give me all the birds I ever need, so I look forward to getting started. I also have a customer that farms organically grown chickens. When the buyers come to get a barn they always leave the stragglers that just take too long to chase down. He said if I catch them I can have them. I do want to find a good breed that serves my needs for layers and meat birds and get a mating pair that will brood a healthy population of its own.


I am in the planning stages now. I am pretty sure I know how I want to build my coop. I have a 24'x24 cinder block shop building that I am going to use one exterior sidewall to build off of. I have poked around YouTube and will do the same here looking for information of various topics that I feel I could use some education on. I appreciate all the help I am sure everyone will give.




Chris
 
Hi Chris and welcome to BYC

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread

All the best

Pork Pie
 
Chris Reynolds said:
Hi, my name is Chris. I am just south of Raleigh, NC. I am new to chickens of my own, however I spent a lot of time on my Grandfather's farm with his chickens. Things are always different when its you taking soul care of something and there is a lot I need to learn. I get eggs from a friend that raises chickens and I feel its time to raise my own. I am a low level homesteader. I try to make it myself or find ways to make recycle things to serve another purpose. I enjoy finding ways to get the job done without having to just go out and buy something. I hunt for subsistence and live off venison for my primary source of red meat. I either eat that or chicken so I think it makes sense to start a flock. I have a working relationship with a local university's poultry research facility that has already offered to give me all the birds I ever need, so I look forward to getting started. I also have a customer that farms organically grown chickens. When the buyers come to get a barn they always leave the stragglers that just take too long to chase down. He said if I catch them I can have them. I do want to find a good breed that serves my needs for layers and meat birds and get a mating pair that will brood a healthy population of its own.


I am in the planning stages now. I am pretty sure I know how I want to build my coop. I have a 24'x24 cinder block shop building that I am going to use one exterior sidewall to build off of. I have poked around YouTube and will do the same here looking for information of various topics that I feel I could use some education on. I appreciate all the help I am sure everyone will give.

Chris
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Great Intro Welcome to Backyard Chickens Chris sound like you have a pretty good handle on what you going to do Welcome from Mossyrock, Washington State
 
Greetings and welcome to BYC Chris. Sounds like you've got a plan and are in the process of refinement. Excellent tactic! Lots of great information and experiences shared here and a plethora of Great folks with decades and centuries of accumulated knowledge here to help when you need it. Browse around the various threads and make yourself at home. Please consider putting at least your general location in your profile. If/when you ask for help or advice, location often has a huge bearing. Old folks like me :old will never remember you posted it here in your opening para.

Please share pics of your progress and birds for all to drool over! ;) Maybe start your own journal to create a log/time line.
 
Hello Chris and welcome to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us. welcome.gif
It sounds like you have some great plans!

This video may help with learning how to navigate this site.


If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of us.
 

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