Hello All, Born in New England, transplanted to the South as a teen. Currently spend time being a lawyer with definite good ole gal tendencies on my 95 acre farm (don't get too excited, most of it is wooded, rocky ridges...I'm in coal country afterall). I share the space with dogs, cats, horses and, of course, chickens. Oh, and a lovely fella (dunno what he'll think of being an afterthought). He's an aficionado of mules and built the wagon we ride in on those days we can justify loafing. Recently became very interested in using incubators (ok, stumbling across two lovely redwood Leady 1200 and 1650 at a farm auction really got it going). As to specifics, I have a few French Black Copper Marans and a couple Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons (though I suspect they are really buff orpingtons that I was hoodwinked on) as well as a number others acquired through a friend hatching some of my eggs (even if the exact parentage isn't always apparent) and even the occasional purchase of pullets at tractor supply. Hope to learn and be inspired. Julie
Hi Julie, In the Learning Center there is a lot of good info on incubating you might find interesting: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/hatching-eggs-and-raising-chicks There is also an incubating & hatching forum that might be helpful to you: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs Thanks for joining us, it's nice to have you here!
Welcome to BYC, Julie. Glad you decided to join our flock. It sounds like you have a wonderful farm. ) X2 on NorthFlChick; if you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.
Hello Julie! Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to joined the BYC family.
