Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Matthew and I live in Western NC. I work as a Registered Nurse in our local hospital in the ER, and ICU. I grew up in a farming community, and we had cows, pigs, and chickens growing up. My wife and I have been wanting to start a small hobby farm on our property but I had to establish a rule that if we can't eat it we can't feed it. She grew up raising and showing livestock but to her they are all pets. We made a compromise with chickens since they can produce eggs and we love eggs. We started our flock about 5 weeks ago with a straight run of 10 Speckled Sussex of which I'm almost sure 3 are cockerels. Eventually we would like to breed chickens for our toddler to show when she is old enough in the local 4H chapter. My avatar is of my daughters favorite chick which we have named Peepete, we hope she turns out to be a hen so we don't have to get rid of her.
