things are about to get real!

[limaro]

Hello and many thanks to all you chicken experts! I've been a lurker for quite a while as I was working up the nerve to get my first chickens. I ordered five chicks yesterday for delivery in about 8 days. 3 EEs and 2 Buckeyes from Meyer Hatchery.

Thanks to you all, I've got a shopping list for brooding supplies. And I'm getting all sorts of ideas about the dream coop DH and my helpful neighbor will be building. ( as well as a backup "plan B" simpler design - just in case DH finds the dream coop too ambitious ).

I expect I'll be asking questions once the girls arrive, so I figure it was time to come out of the shadows and say howdy! Wish me luck!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC!

Please make yourself at home and we are here to help. Best of luck to you!

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Congrats on the soon to be new chicks! I hope they all arrive safely. Have you stopped by our learning center yet? Lots of good articles on all the aspects of keeping poultry and I will also include the link to an article on raising your new chicks for the first 2 months...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/...ks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

If you have any other questions, that is what we are here for. Enjoy your new babies and welcome to our flock!

 

[PlaidBattleAxe]

Oooh! Have fun with the coop process! I'm almost finished with mine (DH came home with the last of the hardware cloth I need to finish the run, a few minutes ago). Welcome to BYC. I'm new here myself, but there is a ton of information available in the learning center tab up top. And there are a ton of people here who are chicken gurus that will be good resources for you. Good luck with everything and have fun with it!!

 

[gander007]

Hello and many thanks to all you chicken experts! I've been a lurker for quite a while as I was working up the nerve to get my first chickens. I ordered five chicks yesterday for delivery in about 8 days. 3 EEs and 2 Buckeyes from Meyer Hatchery.

Thanks to you all, I've got a shopping list for brooding supplies. And I'm getting all sorts of ideas about the dream coop DH and my helpful neighbor will be building. ( as well as a backup "plan B" simpler design - just in case DH finds the dream coop too ambitious ).

I expect I'll be asking questions once the girls arrive, so I figure it was time to come out of the shadows and say howdy! Wish me luck!

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

Congratulations one your new order

If you have any questions just ask away we are here to help with your questions

Egg's from our pullets in the incubator

Hatching started early Thursday morning

And 18 by noon what a day

Some of the May hatch-lings ...

The early may hatch and outside at 3 weeks to make room ..

Our 20 week old EE pullet sitting on her egg's like a good girl ..

Raising and hatching can be a addition so be ready for anything and remember there is no cure

Enjoy all your poultry ventures

gander007

 

[christine9]

Hello and many thanks to all you chicken experts!  I've been a lurker for quite a while as I was working up the nerve to get my first chickens.  I ordered five chicks yesterday for delivery in about 8 days.  3 EEs and 2 Buckeyes from Meyer Hatchery. 

Thanks to you all, I've got a shopping list for brooding supplies.  And I'm getting all sorts of ideas about the dream coop DH and my helpful neighbor will be building. ( as well as a backup "plan B" simpler design - just in case DH finds the dream coop too ambitious ).

I expect I'll be asking questions once the girls arrive, so I figure it was time to come out of the shadows and say howdy!  Wish me luck!

Welcome to BYC! Feel free to come visit the Meyer thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/738837/meyer-hatchery-chicken-pics-anyone
We love seeing pics of Meyer babies and some of us are pretty knowledgable

 

[lularat]

Welcome

Tons of information and great people here. Good luck with your dream coop.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

[drumstick diva]

Glad you joined the flock

 

[limaro]

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. It is greatly appreciated!