Yay! new member! advice?

[Sairi]

Hello, my name is Sairi and i mostly joined backyard chickens for the wolf rp (i know, i know)
but... after i read some threads i realized that some backyard chickens would be great! i do have a pet cockatiel names pineapple (experience, sort of) and spent the summer at a farm. i surveyed my backyard, and i live in a small, isolated patch of woods in minnesota. i have a nice, huge backyard, and i think it would be much better if i had some chickens!
though i joined the web for the rp.

anyways... where do i start?

 

[Kevin565]

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Do you have a lot of predators in your area?
What type of coop would you like?
Have you thought about breeds that interest you?

 

[DDNONIN2016]

Hello and welcome from Ohio......so glad you joined BYC and are thinking of getting chickens. Best of luck to you

 

[Sairi]

thanks

 

[Sairi]

for predators, i think ive heard a few coyotes, but havent in the past 2 years. there are a few hawks and eagles around. for breeds, i havent done much reasearch. one of my buds has chickens and they say plymouth rocks.

 

[redneck farmer]

My advice is to start picking out an area for the coop&. Run an also if your starting with chicks, pick out an area for then for there first weeks of life

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas, Sairi, and

! Pleased you joined BYC - no matter the reason. I think the first best thing to do is research in the Learning Center. It will get you off to a good start about the requirements and care of chickens. Then you might visit the coops section to see what suits your fancy. If you plan on ordering from a hatchery you can explore those as well. I've linked all these below. Good luck and most importantly, have FUN!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coop_Designs

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16/chicken-breeders-hatcheries

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC!!!

Glad you joined us!!

 

[sourland]

Greetings from Kansas, Sairi, and

! Pleased you joined BYC - no matter the reason. I think the first best thing to do is research in the Learning Center. It will get you off to a good start about the requirements and care of chickens. Then you might visit the coops section to see what suits your fancy. If you plan on ordering from a hatchery you can explore those as well. I've linked all these below. Good luck and most importantly, have FUN!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coop_Designs

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16/chicken-breeders-hatcheries

Great resources. Welcome to BYC.

 

[Sairi]

Thanks everybody! ive taken all of your advice and done some reasearch. up north in another month there are some lessons on chicken care 1'll be attending. i went into my backyard to have a look, and found an actual chicken coop! its very run down and is kind of broken in different ways, but i can fix it up. its very funny that i found it now, i thought it was a large doghouse! thanks everyone for your support, ive now been convinced to get some backyard chickens!!!