Newbie to Backyard Chickens (website and concept)!

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Hello everyone!

First of all, I am so appreciative of this website. I have been reading for months in preparation for my flock and this has been BY FAR the most helpful resource! So thank you all!

Tonight I will be picking up my first chickens, two buff orphingtons and two australorps. And this weekend I will be building their coop. I'm copying a design I found on the internet, so we will see how it goes. I live just outside of Los Angeles so heat will be much more of an issue than cold. Plus, we have lots of predators to keep an eye out for.



I'm very excited to get started! Now to think of names....
 
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You have some great egg layers there. And, possible broody's some day. Names? You
will have fun watching those personalities come out, then come up with them, or go with a theme
like many do. There are sites on here also that show plans for coops. I will see if I can find a couple..or one. :)

http://pivotalforce.countrychickens.com/coops.html

This site is great, at least to me, because I love photos of others coops. There are 32 pages to this one, go through them and see the different coops. Fun stuff. :)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...plan-nice-one-too-on-the-purina-mills-website
 
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Welcome! You're right.. this is an awesome site with plenty of information! Good luck with your babies.
 
Hi :welcome

Glad you could join the flock! How exciting for you too be starting your chicken adventure :celebrate I'm sure you will enjoy this new adventure very much. Raising chickens is a super experience lots of fun and very rewarding. Many of us were lurkers before joining I was one for 2 years. Lovely to hear you have done lots of research before getting started, so I'm sure you will be all set when you get them.

Wishing you the very best of luck and I hope your coop build goes well. Be sure to ask any questions the forum really does have a section for all aspects of poultry keeping. Enjoy BYC and all the chicken chat :frow
 
Hi and welcome to BYC! You will love it here! So much fun, and everyone is so nice and helpful. Love to hear about people in urban settings getting their chicks in! Best of luck with the new adventure!
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Welcome! And build that coop bigger than you think you need. It's hard to stop adding chicks once you start.
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I'm glad you joined our community!

Good luck with your chickens and coop building!
 
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Yes, make it larger than you think you will need - otherwise you be making additions or added coops. You will get more and more chickens. That's the side effect of chicken addict. Welcome to the flock
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