Roland, Sweden

[RolandStanbridge]

Greetings all,

I am a retired journalist, now living on a small farm high up in the wooded hills of Sweden, about midway between Stockholm and Gothenburg. I am a chicken newbie, about to build a henhouse and chicken yard. I plan to get hardy Scandinavian Hedemora hens, about five or so.
I want the hens for eggs, helping with the gardening, and company. They will mostly have free access to the surrounding forest and permaculture gardens. I came across BackYardChickens while researching everything I could find about keeping chickens.
My partner Marie and I keep bees in top bar hives, and we have Friesian horses that live pretty much free. They have open shelters, free access to forest and fields, and have no lumps of iron nailed to their hooves.

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello Roland and welcome to BYC

The coops section may be interesting to you - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/coops.12/

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ and 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

 

[drumstick diva]

It's nice to meet you Roland. Hope you will enjoy BYC as much as we do.

 

[Circle W Farms]

Hello and Welcome to BYC.

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!
We are glad you decided to join our flock.
This video should help you learn your way around this site better.

Get settled in then share some pics of your birds!