Hello there. My family and I just purchased our first home in bucolic Brooklyn, New York. I am in the process of clearing my "back 200 hundred" (square feet) of weeds and bushes with the goal of constructing a coop and run at the "far" end of it so that I am ready for some bantam pullets come spring. I am at the beginning of my steep learning curve, and am currently devouring any information I can get my eyes on. I am waiting for "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens" from the library, and in the meantime, am pecking around here. Looking forward to knowing some of you. Happy to have found this community.
and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations on your new home! You might like to check out the BYC Learning Center, lots of good articles on all aspects of chicken keeping you'll find useful. 
) They are almost 3 weeks old and are still inside (our house). They are growing nicely and getting LOTS of feathers! I put pine shavings down on the floor, got a little feeder and use medicated and non medicated food (if I could go back I would get all medicated but now that I have non medicated I have to use it so I mix) For the first week I gave them a little sugar in their water but I slowly weened them off that and they are drinking straight water now... 
