Hi Everyone! My name is Michelle and my husband is Bob. We just moved to 5 acres in Mountain Home, Idaho and plan to have a "mini ranch" in the spring. The house we bought in July has been vacant for a year so there was much work that needed to be done and we didn't move in until July 27th so it was too late to start chickens or a garden last year. We are planning to have chickens in the spring, I guess about 3-4. I am not sure exactly what breed right now as long as they lay brown eggs. Our main reason for wanting the chickens is for the eggs. My hubby and I have noticed a huge difference in them and I can't even eat the ones from the store anymore unless they are baked/cooked into something, my stomach does NOT like them, lol! My husband eats a lot of eggs a day being a semi-vegetarian as I call him, lol! It is one of his main sources of protein so it is important to us that they are "good" eggs. I found BackYardChickens.com back in April when we originally found this property and realized our dream of having chickens might come true but I have to say I am really intimidated right now on how to start. Both of us grew up near Washington, D.C. in the suburbs and never had chickens, we have been in Idaho for 25 years now but never had room for them. Funny how we both always wanted them though, lol! Now that we have the 5 acres we have the room for sure!
Just a little background info on us, I have been married for 27 years to Bob and we have 2 grown children ages 26 and 22 years. My oldest is married and my 22 year old bops between Boise and our new house in Mountain Home. I lost my job as a Medical Biller a year ago but due to some medical conditions I have not gone back to work. It actually, for me and my hubby, has turned out to be for the best especially now that we have our mini ranch I am staying busy and will be even busier in the spring
We have 2 dogs, Bear who will be 15 years old in December and Ebby who will be 4 years old in December also. Ebby is a black lab/whippet mix and she is another reason we wanted more land, she is very hyper! She loves having the room to run around here. We also have 2 indoor cats. Some of our hobbies, besides the mini ranch, is riding our Harley and taking our 14 foot boat out fishing. Most of our family is back east, Virginia and North Carolina and about once a year I go to visit my parents in New Bern, North Carolina.
I am so excited to have found this site! I am a little overwhelmed and we have a LOT to do to get started so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Think I need the Chicken for Dummies book, lol! Hoping to find out a lot and make some new friends
Thanks in advance for any tips,
Michelle
Just a little background info on us, I have been married for 27 years to Bob and we have 2 grown children ages 26 and 22 years. My oldest is married and my 22 year old bops between Boise and our new house in Mountain Home. I lost my job as a Medical Biller a year ago but due to some medical conditions I have not gone back to work. It actually, for me and my hubby, has turned out to be for the best especially now that we have our mini ranch I am staying busy and will be even busier in the spring
We have 2 dogs, Bear who will be 15 years old in December and Ebby who will be 4 years old in December also. Ebby is a black lab/whippet mix and she is another reason we wanted more land, she is very hyper! She loves having the room to run around here. We also have 2 indoor cats. Some of our hobbies, besides the mini ranch, is riding our Harley and taking our 14 foot boat out fishing. Most of our family is back east, Virginia and North Carolina and about once a year I go to visit my parents in New Bern, North Carolina.I am so excited to have found this site! I am a little overwhelmed and we have a LOT to do to get started so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Think I need the Chicken for Dummies book, lol! Hoping to find out a lot and make some new friends
Thanks in advance for any tips,
Michelle
