Newbie from Upstate South Carolina

[Jenchirp]

Greetings all! We are a small family that is wanting to convert our large backyard to a home for garden, perennials and egg-layer chickens. Buff Orpingtons have our attention because of their fluffiness (seems resistant to cold). Wanting to build a moveable coop that has access to sun and fresh air, (but can be used for the winter too) and will eventually have a system for composting from this, or putting them directly over the garden plots. Still learning about different breeds, never had chickens before. Our greatest challenges will be costs and keeping noise down for happy neighbors. We really really want ducks, but figure they are messier and louder, so maybe in a few years when we get a system down. This has been a dream of ours for many years and we have been secret readers of backyard chickens. A hardy hello!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC

Here are some links to key resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3
• Great resource for beginners = https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/
• Good starting point for browsing the site - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/
• Interesting feedback on how members manage their flocks -https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives
• Excellent source of local information - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!!

My ducks weren't very loud. At least not compared to my geese! Muscovy ducks are very quiet, in my experience, and let out more of a "hiss" than a quack.

If you have any interest, and have photos and plans/details of the coop you've built (or are going to build), there is a coop article contest going on right now! Here is a link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-coop-page-contest-10.1293484/

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.​

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
My neighbors have chickens and ducks. I can hear those ducks easily! They are very noisy. I have no idea the breed.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Miss Piggy Sue says, “Welcome to our eggcelent flock here at BYC!”

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

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

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you for joining us at Backyard Chickens. Hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome Glad you decided to join us.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join us!

 

[N F C]

Make yourself at home here and if you have questions, always feel free to ask!