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[weezil1973]

Hello everyone, my name is Troy, I'm a 40 y/o married father of a little 6 y/o girl. We live in Hammond, LA.

I was thinking of a new way to "entice" my daughter into focusing more on her school work. Luckily, she came up with the idea of some baby chicks (instead of the pony I said "no" to). So, in a few weeks, if she continues to maintain focus in school, we'll be adding some chickens to the family.

We have a 2" x 2" x 4" high cage with shelves and little ladders they can climb around on for when they get bigger than "peep" size, but also have some old rabbit cages I used to use for, well, rabbits.

So, this week, we'll get some food for them, just so she'll have something to look at, then the chicks (which I'm sure we'll get anyway, I have a hard time telling her "no", except for that pony).

There's our intro, wish us luck and we'll keep yall updated with some images as it comes together.

BTW, this website rocks. I've literally been checking it out for hours. When did i become so cool?

 

[gatorshark75]

Hello everyone, my name is Troy, I'm a 40 y/o married father of a little 6 y/o girl. We live in Hammond, LA.

I was thinking of a new way to "entice" my daughter into focusing more on her school work. Luckily, she came up with the idea of some baby chicks (instead of the pony I said "no" to). So, in a few weeks, if she continues to maintain focus in school, we'll be adding some chickens to the family.

We have a 2" x 2" x 4" high cage with shelves and little ladders they can climb around on for when they get bigger than "peep" size, but also have some old rabbit cages I used to use for, well, rabbits.

So, this week, we'll get some food for them, just so she'll have something to look at, then the chicks (which I'm sure we'll get anyway, I have a hard time telling her "no", except for that pony).

There's our intro, wish us luck and we'll keep yall updated with some images as it comes together.

BTW, this website rocks. I've literally been checking it out for hours. When did i become so cool?

welcome and we look forward to seeing your future post and i wish you luck on your chicken adventure

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Good luck on your chicken venture! A great place to check out is the BYC Learning Center, lots of good chicken keeping articles https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center and you might want to check out the LA state thread for your neighbors https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/160883/louisiana-la-yers-peeps

 

[drumstick diva]

You became utterly cool when you decided to sign up

 

[hungnguyen]

Hello Dad and Hi little Girl .... welcome to the site. Long ago I was in Marrero, LA and started to raise some chickens .... Well, I missed the old days, and missed LA. I came back sometimes to see the sign of Katrina. Glad that the signs are gone now.

Enjoy surfing this site and chat sometimes. Welcome abroad !

 

[TwoCrows]

Enjoy your new babies and welcome to BYC!

 

[gander007]