Thank you for having me

[mlahodik]

I am so excited to have found this group. I live in Florida, on the east coast, south central part of the state. I have been wanting to have chickens for a while now since I remember my family had some when I was little and lived in the Dominican Republic. I'm a school teacher and my kids are grown. My dream is to some day to buy a house with more land. ( We downsized after kids moved out, and wished we hadn't). Our home currently sits on .24 acre and I have some room in the yard.
Hubby is out buying the first part of our project as I type this. Hoping to use the deep method and incorporating some of the ideas I am seeing here. Love the Carolina Coops but can't afford them.
2 weeks ago I bought 4 pullets from TSC. I couldn't find any for sale locally and didn't know of any other place. One died a few days after, not sure why. The 3 others are doing well. I am not sure what breeds they are. I will post pictures, maybe americauns???
Plan is to build a 6'x12' coop, with the hen house being 6'x4'. We are starting the foundation today. Since our yard has a steep slope we are thinking of building it next to the back of the house.
We have lots of woods and hear there are bobcats, racoons, tons of hawks (I have yorkies and I am always scared they'll take my dogs).
Anyways, I just wanted to say hi from sunny and extremely hot Florida.
Thanks again for letting me join this amazing site.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Pentatonchix]

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[N F C]

Hello, it's nice to have you here with us! Best wishes with the coop build

 

[Sammi_0411]

Hello from the UK ! Welcome to BYC

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Here are some helpful links:

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Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Thank YOU for joining our community.

 

[One Lucky Momma]

Welcome to our flock!

Your enthusiasm is palpable! Those are some lucky chicks, coming home to live with you. Be sure to read A LOT, and ask questions, about coops and runs before you build - sounds like you‘re well into it but do consider the eventual size of your flock... and try to build in enough room to
1- accommodate a few more birds, comfortably, and
2- leave room enough for you to sit in there with them because you’re going to want to, and
3- provide now for more ventilation than you think you need to save from having to cut holes in the walls later.

and build with your potential predators in mind.

welcome and good luck!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join our community!