Newbie in South Texas

Pics
Date sort Score sort
T

Tx_Cityman17

Chirping
Jan 26, 2018
14
70
51
Corpus Christi, TX
Good morning everyone. Firstly I've been lurking on this website for a couple weeks now and just wanted to say a huge thank you and much appreciation for all of the members who have contributed to this site. The wealth of knowledge I've gained in just the short time exploring has been amazing and I'm so happy to have found this site.

Now on to the dull part, about myself lol. I'm an East Coast 1st generation city boy (my parents lived on farms) who relocated to Corpus Christi some years back. I have an incredible wife who's from here and two lovely kids. I've always been so fascinated with having and maintaining my own farm and being more self sustaining but never thought of it as much a possibility. My wife and I decided recently what better time to start than now and want to begin raising hens.

This would be my first experience with raising poultry, however I do have experience south various pets over the years. I don't want to type an entire essay but figure this is a decent intro to start with. I will finish off with saying the primary concern I'm having is deciding on my coop (prefab vs build, expenses, ease of construction/ maintenance, etc.) so any advice there, especially from this in the area would be greatly appreciated.
That's all for now, much love and blessings to everyone!
 
Hello and welcome to BYC and thanks for joining us.

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive


You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread


Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
Tx_Cityman17 said:
Good morning everyone. Firstly I've been lurking on this website for a couple weeks now and just wanted to say a huge thank you and much appreciation for all of the members who have contributed to this site. The wealth of knowledge I've gained in just the short time exploring has been amazing and I'm so happy to have found this site.

Now on to the dull part, about myself lol. I'm an East Coast 1st generation city boy (my parents lived on farms) who relocated to Corpus Christi some years back. I have an incredible wife who's from here and two lovely kids. I've always been so fascinated with having and maintaining my own farm and being more self sustaining but never thought of it as much a possibility. My wife and I decided recently what better time to start than now and want to begin raising hens.

This would be my first experience with raising poultry, however I do have experience south various pets over the years. I don't want to type an entire essay but figure this is a decent intro to start with. I will finish off with saying the primary concern I'm having is deciding on my coop (prefab vs build, expenses, ease of construction/ maintenance, etc.) so any advice there, especially from this in the area would be greatly appreciated.
That's all for now, much love and blessings to everyone!
Click to expand...
awesopme.jpg
welcome arrow23.gif
1163894-fa6c82b73dd5829fc6acafd6a2529984.gif
 

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom