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DParker75089

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Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex suburbanite here. I have a fairly large portion of my backyard (well, large by suburban standards at ~1,400 sq ft) that I have sectioned off as a vegetable garden and "other practical stuff" area. I've long contemplated the keeping of a pair of laying hens along a section of fence that shades a part of that area, thus making it unsuitable for growing things, and recent events have made that seem like more of a good idea. I could devote as much as a 35'x5' rectangular area along this fence to a coop and run, which I'm hoping would be more than sufficient for the 2 hens that I'm allowed to keep per city ordinance. So, as to the intro template...
  1. I'm a complete and utter noob, and have no chickens yet.
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  3. n/a
  4. I'll let you know after I've kept a few.
  5. Too many hobbies to list, but they include hunting, fishing, cooking, veggie gardening, etc.
  6. I'm a husband, as well as a father to a grown daughter and grown son, and grandfather to the world's smartest granddaughter (hey, I'm allowed to take some license when bragging). We have two dogs (a chow/golden retriever mix and another golden mix, but mixed with what...we have no idea). I'm a software engineer.
  7. I found BYC via a Google search on....surprise, surprise...."backyard chickens" about an hour ago.
Here's looking forward to gathering more useful information than I know what to do with.
 
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Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
That's a nice sized area for 2 hens. The ordinance seriously only allows for 2? Three should be the minimum. If one dies, the other will be left alone which is never good with chickens.
 
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Updates for 2020 with us here in my 2020 flock life thread



https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/2020-flock-life.1351080/

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Hello there and welcome to BYC! :frow

Make yourself at home here. @Pork Pie has left you with the link to our Articles section, lots of good reading on all the aspects of keeping chickens. And of course, browse around the forums and ask as many questions as needed. Welcome aboard!
 

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