New to chickens in San Diego!

[Latestarter]

Greetings and welcome to BYC! So glad you joined us. If the trees are grown enough, you can hang bird netting under their lower branches (above your head). As long as you put out hiding places for them, they'll have someplace to take cover if there's an airborne threats. Roosters are also very good at watching over and warning of impending attacks. You could always leave them in an enclosed run unless you're there to let them out to range and watch over them. As stated, most don't want the chickens in the garden as they will destroy plants and their poop is hot and will burn vegetation. I hope you can work it out and would really enjoy pics and updates.

There's a wealth of info, knowledge and experience shared in the multitude of threads. Browse around and see what interesting stuff you can find. By all means post away when the desire strikes you, especially if you have questions (provide as much detail/info as possible and pictures truly help)... With all the great folks here, generally someone will respond in no time at all. Please make yourself at home!

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[Teila]

G’Day from down under sydcal Welcome!

I want to work where you do! It sounds awesome!

I do hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

BYC has Topic of the Week discussions which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group. These two might be of particular interest to you at this stage:
Topic of the Week - Getting Started, Keeping Chickens
Topic of the Week - Keeping the Flock Safe from Predators

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock when they arrive, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

Best wishes and good luck!