New to BYC! Need advice! :)

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

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[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Good luck on your new adventure! I recommend covering your run, unless you really enjoy shoveling

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.​

 

[JeyB94]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

Good luck on your new adventure! I recommend covering your run, unless you really enjoy shoveling

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.​

I dont see the links you’re talking about . And thank you for your advice. Im thinking about building a simple roof over my run so the rain and snow don’t become too overwhelming. Thank you!

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I dont see the links you’re talking about . And thank you for your advice. Im thinking about building a simple roof over my run so the rain and snow don’t become too overwhelming. Thank you!

They are in my signature area: between the last sentence and the report button They are not hyperlinks, you'd have to copy and paste.

ETA: Good idea about the roof. I was out shoveling for about 3hrs yesterday and didn't even get 1/2 way done. Maddening.

 

[feathermaid]

I could take way too long trying to give advice, so I'll just leave some links to the articles that have been the most helpful for me:
How Much Room Do Chickens Need
Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!
Predator Proofing

Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging
Key Points to Successful Free Ranging
Best wishes in your new chicken adventure!

 

[Banditschickens]

Welcome This place is great:-}}~

I waded into the OLD threads first..
lol @ self still reading lots of them.
Surprising what you can learn about people/things from them.
They are some Great people very willing to help you here.
Some of them (including ME) are very blunt spoken.

Remember that written words can be taken
the wrong way easily because folk's can't see your
wicked grins/smiles full of humor.

 

[Chickenclaw]

Hello and welcome to BYC!!



I hope we can help.

 

[JeyB94]

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View attachment 1698962 I could take way too long trying to give advice, so I'll just leave some links to the articles that have been the most helpful for me:
How Much Room Do Chickens Need
Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!
Predator Proofing

Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging
Key Points to Successful Free Ranging
Best wishes in your new chicken adventure! View attachment 1698963

Thank you for those links! Already read most of them ( yes I’ve become a little obsessed over the last 3 months) but I’ll look itou the ones I haven’t read!

Have a good one!