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dilettantesteph

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I guess I should have already have eggs hatching, chicks purchased? We just bought a house near Chicago where we can have chickens and I'm ready to go! Glad I found you. For now, I'm just looking for information to get set up. I'm looking for gluten free, oat free, high omega 3 feed ideas, and success and otherwise stories. I hope to learn lots.
 
With the horrible weather the Chicago suburbs have been having - you still have plenty of time to set things in motion. Head for the Learning center, and you can branch out from there to raising backyard chicks, incubation, hatching - anything else you need to know - in the various forums.

City and suburbs are experiencing a lot of coyotes who are not afraid of people - be ware once they taste chicken, they'll keep coming back.
 
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Definitely head over to our learning center here on BYC. Lots of good reads on all the aspects of poultry keeping from building the coop, picking breeds, raising your new babies and keeping your adult flock healthy...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

If you have any other questions, that is what we are here for!!

Welcome to BYC!
 
dilettantesteph said:
Thanks, there are so many posts here, how did you even get to me? It's a bit overwhelming.
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If you click on the button at the top right hand corner that says Profile, that will lead you to your profile. If you scroll down, you will see all the threads that you have posted in. On the left side of that same profile page, you can see all the threads you have started.

To post in the forums, click on the button at the top of this page that says, Forums. That will lead you to all the forums on BYC... New Members, Raising Chicks, Emergencies, Feeding Your Flock, etc...Click on one of these forums and you can do some reading on the many posts or you can start your own by clicking on the button at the top of the page that says, Start A New Thread.

I know it is over whelming at first, but you will get the hang of it eventually. Just do some browsing around BYC to see all that is available. BYC is quite large!
 
dilettantesteph said:
Thanks, there are so many posts here, how did you even get to me? It's a bit overwhelming.
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Aww, we saw you tiptoe past the door, peek in, and then kinda back up a little bit. It's a skill you'll develop very quickly! Welcome! I'm new myself but I already feel like I belong here. Heck, I'm on here more than I am on Facebook anymore, and that's saying something!
 

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