New to chickens and loving it!

[Hope Hughes]

Hello​

Welcome to BYC!!
So glad to have you here!!
Thanks for sharing your story!!
There are many people on here that are ready to help in anyway they can!
The learning center also has alot of great information on it as well!
Enjoy!​

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Glad you're here trufadog!

If you haven't yet, please make your chickens a FIRST AID KIT for any issues that would arise.
It's definitely better to have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it.

Also, make sure your coop(s) have a proper amount of VENTILATION. Your chickens will absolutely thank you for it!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. As you have discovered chickens hate change. They will eventually come to regard the new coop as 'home'.

 

[ChicksInCT]

Welcome! Chicks are so fun!! Getting babies was a much better idea in our experience than getting grown ones. We got 10 chicks the first time around but the kids wanted to get some more green/blue layers so we purchased some "hand-raised" pullets from a local place. The birds were in a very healthy environment but once we got them home they didn't act hand-raised at ALL! We got 6 and a year later only 3 will let us touch them at all--and that's been with a lot of hard work to get them there--and they still really resist it. There are three that still won't let me near them. Highly, highly recommend always raising your own chicks. It's work, no doubt. But it's far better in the end! Our first ten come when called, will sleep on our laps, fly up to our arms/shoulders for cuddles, etc. One (shown in profile pic) even adopted 12, day-old, mallard ducklings who were orphaned. Chicks vs. pullets...Night and day...good luck!! And handle them LOTS, LOTS, LOTS!!!!

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Hello and welcome to BYC!! It’s so nice to have you join us.
Best of luck with your new chickies!

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.

 

[trufadog]

Good news! They started tucking themselves into their little coop at night without any prompting. The dog is doing great around them and basically all is well! Thank you for your support!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happyto have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

Good to hear they are adapting well now! It can take them a while to get used to new surroundings.

So glad you decided to join us!

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Welcome to BYC!

Here is my best advice for navigating this forum:

If you have not already, put your location in your profile, not your address or anything but at least your state that will help you get better advice, and speaking of advice....

Almost everyone here is an absolute expert on almost everything imaginable, take me for example I have left advice about freezing temps and I live in Southern California. So take the best and leave the rest.

Once you do get some good advice, and you will, then follow said advice... Example being the guy who burned down his coop after being advised not to use a heat lamp in the coop and then talks about how to place the heat lamp going forward in the new coop....

Stay away from religion and politics, its just not worth it

Oh, and build BIG, chicken math is real

Welcome to the flock!

Gary from Idyllwild Ca here

 

[trufadog]

Hey Everybody, We just got our second dog and he completely ignores the chickens! He was hanging out in the yard and our handy man scared the chickens and one, Thelma or maybe Louise ran OVER our new 47 lb pup! I missed it but got to hear all about it! What a good dog!