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Callender Girl said:
Hello, Dee --

Congrats on joining BYC and the wonderful world of poultry! There is plenty of good advice here, but as someone who has both chickens and ducks (as well as geese), my first suggestion, and you may already know this, is to house your chicks and ducklings separately because of the ducklings' incredible ability to make messes.

Waterfowl like to get in their water, splash their water, dabble their food-filled bills in their water and generally create disasters. During the day, my birds free-range together, but at night my prissy chickens get to stay clean and dry in their coops, and my dirty ducks manage to take a very small amount of water from a very small drinker and spread mucky messes everywhere.

That aside, I love them all, and I hope you will, too. Chickens are a great first step on the self-sustainability path. Good luck and welcome!!
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Ugh! Yes they do! The water dish is always a mess. I picked them all up yesterday and I've already had to clean out the pen three times! They're lucky they're cute. lol.
 
Hello Dee and welcome to BYC. I hope that you enjoy your time here.

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

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
DobieLover said:
Post a picture of Barbara and we'll let you know what we think she is.
That's a great way to get started with chickens!
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This is miss Barbara. She's a snuggle bug and loves people. :)
 

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Deeinbetween said:
I had a coop and run on the property already. I inherited the place from my grandparents and they used to raise them. :)
The little one that started it all is a mystery tbh. She just showed up in my yard! None of the neighbors claimed her so I took her in. I had been hemming and hawing over when to start my flock and little Barbara took the decision out of my hands.
So I got her some friends! I have 2 Orpingtons (1 chocolate, 1 yellow) and 3 Gold laced Wyandottes.
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So you are saying the "chickens" chose you? What a great way to kick start having some new friends!
 

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