Prepping

[sourland]

Define your goals, study the forums, ask questions, plan and you will be successful in establishing your flock. Welcome to BYC.

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under KimmerJB Welcome!

Be careful what you wish for, we could keep you reading until Spring!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

Have you decided on a breed? If not, this article may be of assistance: Pickin a Chicken

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.

Pork Pie mentioned the Topic of the Week articles which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group and I just wanted to draw your attention to one in particular which may interest you at this stage:
Topic of the Week - Getting Started, Keeping Chickens

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

Best wishes and good luck!

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[getaclue]

Glad you joined us. It's nice to hear that someone is doing the research before jumping into raising chickens. There's a lot of good information on here.

 

[KimmerJB]

Hello and welcome to BYC. Great to hear that BYC has been helpful with your planning.

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

Best wishes

Pork Pie

Hi, it's nice to have you here! What breed of chicks are you getting?

We are looking at Orpingtons.

 

[KimmerJB]

G’Day from down under KimmerJB Welcome!

Be careful what you wish for, we could keep you reading until Spring!

You might be interested in downloading this free e-book My First Year With Chickens

Have you decided on a breed? If not, this article may be of assistance: Pickin a Chicken

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.

Pork Pie mentioned the Topic of the Week articles which I have found to be a great resource and a one stop shop for questions which may have already been discussed within the BYC membership group and I just wanted to draw your attention to one in particular which may interest you at this stage:
Topic of the Week - Getting Started, Keeping Chickens

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

Best wishes and good luck!

Thank you for the warm welcome. I think I'm becoming obsessed! My husband is a little annoyed with all the factoids I share while reading but I'm so enjoying you all sharing your knowledge & experience. Waiting for spring!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!
Glad to have you!