I didn't know a thing when I bought my first 4 pullets. I thought, "Oh, how cute. That would be fun". Luckily I fell in love with it, and went from those 4 pullets to what I have now in 6 years, but I learned a lot of lessons the hard way. BYC could have made things so much easier.
Amy and I just got tired of hearing people say "If you open after lockdown, they will die", or "If you don't assist, you are a horrible person". Everyone does it a different way, and they can all be successful. No one person can tell everybody what will work for them all the time. I would not tell a styrobator user to be hands off, nor would Amy recommend "dry incubation" to a Brinsea user. We have learned on our own, and we have learned from each other. That's what's great about forums. No, Amy and I probably wouldn't be friends in real life, but bringing those two personalities together has created a greatly entertaining thread with some very knowledgeable regulars. I hate to admit, but I rarely read outside of this thread any more
