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Hi all,

I've been poking around this site for a few weeks now and decided to finally join. I'm currently living in NY/NJ area and planning for adding some chickens to my family.

I just purchased a tiny little coop for the chicks when they grow out of their boxes and it should be arriving soon. I'm also planning on building a coop for the adult chickens or purchasing one from Urbannothern.com depending on how much the materials add up to be.

I was raised on a little farm with goats, chickens, cows, ducks, and other animals when I was a child before my family moved out to the city. I loved that period of my life. Now that I'm a lot older and own a house in a town that has no specific ordinances for backyard chickens, apart from roosters, we'll be introducing some to our family soon.

I'm finding it hard to locate baby chicks locally and really don't want to purchase them online. I think the first time experience of going to a hatchery or local shop that had chicks would kickoff the experience so much better.

Breeds I'm interested in are: Rhode Island Reds, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Silver Laced Wyandotte, and a few others. I'm mainly interested in raising the bird both egg and meat production. I need to do a little more research but I think I'll add in a few Cornish game hens as well.
 
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Hello and welcome to BYC

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
 
G’Day from down under NJ Chicken :frow Welcome!

Great intro, thank you! :clap And, best wishes with your search.

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.

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 ;)
 

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