Hello all! I'm delighted to have found this place. I have a feeling I'm going to need plenty of advice and reassurance!
My first batch of chicks ever will be arriving in about a month, 20 Columbian Wyandottes. I'm thrilled and terrified–but mostly thrilled. My husband and I live on about 6 acres in southern Minnesota, though we were both born and raised in the Twin Cities, and these chickens will be our first farm animals (unless you count mice, box elder bugs, and rat snakes). We do have a pile of rescue dogs ranging from 4 pounds to 40 pounds and a cat named Budget, so we're accustomed to having animals around the place, but these chickens will represent our first foray into feathers. One subject I'm particularly interested in is how to raise chickens in a place that gets as cold as Minnesota does in a normal winter.
I'm looking forward to learning from all of you and hearing your chicken adventures, and I hope some day I'll be able to offer hope and help to some future chicken newbie in return.
Corly
My first batch of chicks ever will be arriving in about a month, 20 Columbian Wyandottes. I'm thrilled and terrified–but mostly thrilled. My husband and I live on about 6 acres in southern Minnesota, though we were both born and raised in the Twin Cities, and these chickens will be our first farm animals (unless you count mice, box elder bugs, and rat snakes). We do have a pile of rescue dogs ranging from 4 pounds to 40 pounds and a cat named Budget, so we're accustomed to having animals around the place, but these chickens will represent our first foray into feathers. One subject I'm particularly interested in is how to raise chickens in a place that gets as cold as Minnesota does in a normal winter.
I'm looking forward to learning from all of you and hearing your chicken adventures, and I hope some day I'll be able to offer hope and help to some future chicken newbie in return.
Corly
