Hi everyone,
Jen here and totally new to being a chicken mama! I have wanted to get chickens for several years but we lived somewhere we knew we wouldn’t be staying long term so I waited. We moved to a more rural area on a fairly decent lot last year and I had chicken fever bad but we had sooo much going on I waited. This year I debated and then finally took the dive this week! I have lurked on here a lot and read a lot and I’m sure I will have many questions along the way but this site always seems so helpful and very informative so I joined up a few days ago in anticipation of getting our first chickens. I called around the local farmer supplies (not TSC) to see who had what and decided on two local places nearby one another based on the chicks they had.
We got a starter coop, and decided on 6 chicks to begin with. We got 3 silver laced wynadottes, one gold laced wynadotte, and two black astrolops that are all supposed to be hens...we will see lol.
Brooding then inside our storage building in a secure large dog crate with a heater plate and so far they have settled in nicely. I can’t wait to see what an all we learn from our first chickens but I am super excited and love just watching them!
Jen here and totally new to being a chicken mama! I have wanted to get chickens for several years but we lived somewhere we knew we wouldn’t be staying long term so I waited. We moved to a more rural area on a fairly decent lot last year and I had chicken fever bad but we had sooo much going on I waited. This year I debated and then finally took the dive this week! I have lurked on here a lot and read a lot and I’m sure I will have many questions along the way but this site always seems so helpful and very informative so I joined up a few days ago in anticipation of getting our first chickens. I called around the local farmer supplies (not TSC) to see who had what and decided on two local places nearby one another based on the chicks they had.
We got a starter coop, and decided on 6 chicks to begin with. We got 3 silver laced wynadottes, one gold laced wynadotte, and two black astrolops that are all supposed to be hens...we will see lol.
Brooding then inside our storage building in a secure large dog crate with a heater plate and so far they have settled in nicely. I can’t wait to see what an all we learn from our first chickens but I am super excited and love just watching them!
We are glad you joined our flock.
hope they are pullets.
Welcome to BYC! So glad to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here!
