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Congrats on your current flock and the soon-to-arrive chicks! I think "winter worry" is completely normal and understandable; so many factors make it challenging.

Some good news is that you are now part of a community of generous and knowledgeable folks who will help you with challenges in any season!

Welcome to BYC; keep us posted about the new arrivals!
 
Glad to meet you and welcome to BYC. Best wishes with your birds!

Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. I hope you will find them helpful as well. All articles are short, have illustrations, and reviews, which are often worth looking at for the comments.

1. Intro to chicken keeping

2. Common mistakes & how to fix them

3. Ventilation (important to chicken health), with helpful links to coop designs organized by climate (because what is just right for my New England hens won't work for my brother's Arizona chickens)

3(a). Farmers Almanac on Building Coops (Includes size requirements!) Allowing plenty of space for chickens is really important because, even as chicks, they will start pecking each other or plucking their own feathers, or become unhealthy if they are overcrowded. Here is a link to Colorado State Extension's publication on space and temperature requirements for chicks as they age.

4. Predator protection for new & existing coops

5. Dealing with a muddy coop and run

6. Gardening for chickens

7. BYC Lists of Chicken Ailments and Cures

To look for articles on your own:

A. Use the SEARCH button, but use the Advanced Search choice, and select ARTICLES at the top of the box. Just enter your keyword(s) and scroll through your results!

B. I find it helpful to notice the rating and reviews. All articles are by BYC members, and all the reviews/ratings are as well. The ratings help a newbie like me sort the most useful and reliable articles.

C. You can bookmark the articles or posts you think you want to refer to again using that bookmark icon at the top of articles or posts. You can find them again by clicking on your own avatar and looking at the list of bookmarks you have built up!
 
Iwillpeckyou said:
Hi! New to site. I'm fairly new to chickens. I have had a flock of 5 for 2 years and seem to be doing ok. We got our first baby chicks during the spring so I would say the winters are the hardest for us. I always worry about them. March 3rd we will have 8 new babies coming our way and we will have our hands full for a while but are so excited for this adventure. We are all hen’s around here!!
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