EsqChick
Songster
Hi All! I am just joining this awesome community after quietly stalking it for months (years actually). I live in Oakland, CA where we are allowed to have an unlimited number of hens, provided the coop is a minimum distance from dwellings. Up until last August I lived in a rental where our backyard was tiny and did not have the minimum setbacks for BYC. My family (DH, DS(5) and DD(10)) bought a house with a fairly large (though mainly downsloped) backyard in August last year and I now have a big enough backyard to have BYC!
We are getting our chicks on Saturday this week (3 day olds). I have reserved 1 each of Ameraucana, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington and Black Australorp. Depending on how the mood strikes me when I pick them up, I may get a couple more. We'll see (chicken math before I even have a chicken! LOL). So very excited to start our flock.
So, I've got a space set up for the chicks in our garage, with the brooder and all the accouterments for raising them until they're feathered and I am in the final stages of selecting a coop and run for my backyard. I can't wait to continue to learn more about these awesome animals from experience and all of you!
We are getting our chicks on Saturday this week (3 day olds). I have reserved 1 each of Ameraucana, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington and Black Australorp. Depending on how the mood strikes me when I pick them up, I may get a couple more. We'll see (chicken math before I even have a chicken! LOL). So very excited to start our flock.
So, I've got a space set up for the chicks in our garage, with the brooder and all the accouterments for raising them until they're feathered and I am in the final stages of selecting a coop and run for my backyard. I can't wait to continue to learn more about these awesome animals from experience and all of you!
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Happy 
to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC! 
but if you have further questions just ask, someone will be more than happy to assist you!
