Hi to all,
We were thrilled to find the BackYard Chickens website and forum since we are very, very new to chicken raising. My husband bought me a book on raising chickens and we've talked about it and researching it ad nauseum for the last 13 months and we finally took the plunge last Saturday. James, my husband, wanted to build the coop, but it became the reason why we kept delaying getting the actual chicks (because we had no home for them), so we just decided to start out with a pre-made coop that we can later expand upon if needed. The coop is up and in the garage for now since it's too cold to place the chicks out in the cold weather (we're in Washington State) and the four chicks (2 Orpingtons, 1 Americauna and 1 Wyandot) are in the house in basement for now. We visit them often, give them little treats to help get used to our hands, and they seem to be thriving.
We purchased our chicks and our coop from Baxter Barns in Fall City and so far, the have been very helpful in answering all of our questions and providing us with all we need to get them on the road to egg production. One of the reasons we elected to raise chickens is because I don't at meat, but I miss eggs and my general rule of thumb is: "if I don't meet the chicken that laid 'em, I don't eat 'em". We did buy a dozen from Baxter Barns (thank you Cory, for throwing them in) and what a treat! Blue, brown, tan, green, spotty, etc. Yum.
We love this site and I'm still cruising around in it, so thank you for all you do!
Melanie and James
We were thrilled to find the BackYard Chickens website and forum since we are very, very new to chicken raising. My husband bought me a book on raising chickens and we've talked about it and researching it ad nauseum for the last 13 months and we finally took the plunge last Saturday. James, my husband, wanted to build the coop, but it became the reason why we kept delaying getting the actual chicks (because we had no home for them), so we just decided to start out with a pre-made coop that we can later expand upon if needed. The coop is up and in the garage for now since it's too cold to place the chicks out in the cold weather (we're in Washington State) and the four chicks (2 Orpingtons, 1 Americauna and 1 Wyandot) are in the house in basement for now. We visit them often, give them little treats to help get used to our hands, and they seem to be thriving.
We purchased our chicks and our coop from Baxter Barns in Fall City and so far, the have been very helpful in answering all of our questions and providing us with all we need to get them on the road to egg production. One of the reasons we elected to raise chickens is because I don't at meat, but I miss eggs and my general rule of thumb is: "if I don't meet the chicken that laid 'em, I don't eat 'em". We did buy a dozen from Baxter Barns (thank you Cory, for throwing them in) and what a treat! Blue, brown, tan, green, spotty, etc. Yum.
We love this site and I'm still cruising around in it, so thank you for all you do!
Melanie and James
and Welcome To BYC!
