Ready to get started!

[Muscovy Wunda]

Welcome to the flock!

 

[N F C]

Congratulations on your new home and best of luck with all your plans!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC, and congratulations on your new home. Set your goals, plan, prepare and you will be successful in establishing your flock.

 

[Leahs Coop]

Hello and welcome to Backyard Chickens! So glad you decided to join the flock.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Hi All! Joining in from Western NC and hoping to gather some useful tips and information as I embark on my first chicken journey. Having backyard chickens has been a long time dream and things are just now finally falling into place to make it happen. We bought a new home with enough land and no restrictions to stand in the way but I want to be well prepared before I get started. My hope
is to work on a coop this winter and start with incubated chicks come early Spring. Any and all advice is welcome. I am just hoping to start off on the right foot and avoid any major mistakes as we add to the family!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[CarpCharacin]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join our wonderful community!

 

[Ihall26]

Welcome Nice to have you here! Check out the link in the post above - coops galore for inspiration! Nice articles in the learning center about getting started, raising chicks

Thanks for the welcome! On here to explore just that!

 

[Ihall26]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
It's very good that you are researching and building your coop first.
Make sure that whatever coop design you choose that it has lots of ventilation, lots of properly spaced roosts at good heights and I always recommend a fully secure predator proof run that is as secure as the coop so you never have to close the pop door. Give much more than the recommended minimum of space in the coop/run combo and you will minimize the chances of health and behavioral issues and will enjoy the experience much more. I recommend this coop design!

Thank you for the tips and advice! I am doing lots of reading and exploring of options right now. Hoping to have some plans to move forward soon!

 

[Cynthia12]

WELCOME! You've been given some great links here to go check out on how to get started!