Newbie in SE Ontario

[McCluckycluck]

Hello Everyone,

I've never raised chickens before but have recently ordered 8 Australorp chicks and am very excited! We just moved from the UK with our 3 young children and are excited to fulfil our dreams on our little 4 acres. I look forward to bugging you all with my questions and hope to pass down the favour in a few years when I shall surely be more knowledgeable!
Excited to be here

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under McCluckycluck Welcome and Congratulations!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

I do hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

BYC has a Learning Centre and also Topic of the Week articles which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group.

If you would like to share Pictures and Stories of your flock when they arrive, you have come to the right place. BYC’ers never tire of these and do not back away slowly or commence eye rolling when the photo album or home videos come out

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, congratulations on your new home, and good luck with your chicks. If you haven't done so already, start on coop construction. Those chicks will grow up rapidly.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[elissarules]

WELCOME!! You'll love it here. I'm relatively new here too and I've learned SO much! I have a feeling your kids are going to love the birdies!! I'd love to see some of those chicks in action soon! Best wishes to you

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hello Everyone,

I've never raised chickens before but have recently ordered 8 Australorp chicks and am very excited! We just moved from the UK with our 3 young children and are excited to fulfil our dreams on our little 4 acres. I look forward to bugging you all with my questions and hope to pass down the favour in a few years when I shall surely be more knowledgeable!
Excited to be here

Welcome to Backyard Chickens glad you joined us you moved from the UK? to? US?

 

[drumstick diva]

Have you checked out the "Canadians, Check In Here" thread.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. I wish you all the best with your chicken-keeping hobby - it's strangely addictive, so make sure you build a large coop

 

[JerryR708]

Welcome to BYC, congratulations on your new home, and good luck with your chicks. If you haven't done so already, start on coop construction. Those chicks will grow up rapidly.

So true. I transferred my brooder and 11 chicks from the office to the garage and had to expand taller cardboard panels. My second Coop took longer than I anticipated and I had chickens pecking holes in the cardboard panels and getting out, running around and flying on garage shelves. I had a partially complete coop without the windows, nesting boxes or perch and makeshift run using leftover chain link fence gates...because I was either impatient or didn't calculate the allotted time to make the coop the way it was intended.