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Wife wanted to raise chickens so here we go... 2 RIR's 3 golden laced wyandottes and 1 black Australorp to start off... Building coop from recycling old doors..

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided join to our flock. Black Australorps are my favorite standard breed. I've raised them for years (along with dozens of other breeds), and they are extremely hardy, calm and gentle (my children and granddaughter made lap pets of them), and excellent layers of large, brown eggs. Be sure that your coop is predator proof. There is a good article on predator proofing your chickens at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/07/11-tips-for-predator-proofing-chickens.html. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck in building your coop.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! Recycling is a great idea for a coop. I would agree with Michael OShay on that whatever you build is predator proof. It's always better to be safe rather than sorry and I learnt the hard way by losing my birds to a fox when I thought I was predator proof but I was clearly not.

Wishing you the very best of luck and enjoy BYC

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC! Nice to have you join us. Good luck with the coop build.

If you have any questions about your coop, you can ask them here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/9/coop-run-design-construction-maintenance

 

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Our chicks and the start of our coop

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[Chicken Girl1]

Hello

and Welcome to BYC!

Glad to have you join! Feel free to make yourself at home!

 

[drumstick diva]

Glad you joined the BYC flock

 

[Wyandottes7]

Hello, and welcome to BYC!

I'm glad you joined our community.

Sounds like you have a nice flock! You have three excellent breeds.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!