Hi everyone! I'm excited to share that I'm finally getting back into the "business" of backyard chicken raising. I'm certainly not new to this site as I joined way back in 2008 (10 years ago?!) when I was just a young chicken amateur...throughout my adolescent years, I was on this site practically every day. But since going through news jobs/college classes/moving/buying a home/etc. I've only occasionally peeked on the forums here to see what has changed (quite a lot has!) over the last few years...and now here I am, finally at a place in my life where I can start my own flock, and I couldn't be more excited!
We're currently in the process of converting a 6.5x7' shed into a coop (and garden storage- half coop, half garden) and I'm working on getting my hands on an incubator so that I can hatch out some silkie eggs! My longterm boyfriend and I have wanted our own flock of silkies for a while now. He has absolutely no experience with raising chickens, so it's going to be a pretty comical journey I think.
I'll mostly be referencing the forums to update the coop building progress and for questions when we begin incubating silkie eggs.
It's good to be back!
We're currently in the process of converting a 6.5x7' shed into a coop (and garden storage- half coop, half garden) and I'm working on getting my hands on an incubator so that I can hatch out some silkie eggs! My longterm boyfriend and I have wanted our own flock of silkies for a while now. He has absolutely no experience with raising chickens, so it's going to be a pretty comical journey I think.
I'll mostly be referencing the forums to update the coop building progress and for questions when we begin incubating silkie eggs.
It's good to be back!
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