New to Chickens in Jacksonville, NC

[JedJackson]

Welcome to BYC. It sounds like you have a lot of good plans, and I hope BYC can help you with them. Caring for chickens and other animals is a great way to teach children responsibility. Good luck!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Cynthia12]

So cool to meet you. Special education teacher's have a special place in my heart. I have a mentally handicapped sister that had some great teachers when in school. Thank you! And Welcome!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Craig and welcome to BYC.

On this link you'll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping birds - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives . Ditto the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in that link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope you will enjoy Backyard Chickens as much as we do

 

[N F C]

Hi Craig, it's nice to have you here!

If you're interested in Wyandottes and RIR's just get both...mixed flocks are interesting, it gives you a chance to see differences.

Best of luck with all your plans, thanks for joining us!

 

[rjohns39]

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

 

[ChickenJedi]

Thank you all for your replies.
I have been doing some research and I do not think I will be ready for anything for a while. I have to be very comfortable with things before I dive in. I have found a few people that I trust that have sources for buying chickens from that they use themselves; so that is promising. They know people with Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. I will get the Rhode Island Reds for free from my friend who has close to 50 of them.

I think I will be doing a Garden Coop with Bees inside 3 feet high. A similar design to this:

http://www.thegardencoop.com/blog/2..._eNqNN5Yad3-luvkci8uAenzKfqWPY3mxhB053LNkXlKg
I will be making the Coop wider than that though.

Does anyone have experience with Bees and Chickens?

 

[Cynthia12]

Thank you all for your replies.
I have been doing some research and I do not think I will be ready for anything for a while. I have to be very comfortable with things before I dive in. I have found a few people that I trust that have sources for buying chickens from that they use themselves; so that is promising. They know people with Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. I will get the Rhode Island Reds for free from my friend who has close to 50 of them.

I think I will be doing a Garden Coop with Bees inside 3 feet high. A similar design to this:

http://www.thegardencoop.com/blog/2..._eNqNN5Yad3-luvkci8uAenzKfqWPY3mxhB053LNkXlKg
I will be making the Coop wider than that though.

Does anyone have experience with Bees and Chickens?