Welcome to BYC, Christine, and best wishes with all your ducks. Ducklings are so cute!
In addition to the "sticky topics" in the duck forum that Debbie292d recommends, this Tips and Tricks for Ducks is a helpful article.
To look for articles on your own:
A. Use the SEARCH button, but use...
Welcome to BYC, Jill. Best wishes with finding the birds you want and having a successful hatch! Incubating eggs is kind of addictive, so build an extra coop.
Welcome to BYC! Incubating seems to be really addictive, so have a great time, and build BIG coops. Best wishes for your hatch. Here is one article from BYC that may be helpful even to experienced chicken keepers:
BYC Lists of Chicken Ailments and Cures
To look for articles on your own:
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Welcome to BYC, and enjoy the lists of favorite birds. You might like to look at this article, Pickin The Right Frickin Chicken. It helps sort the various characteristics of different breeds and includes a lot of different ones.
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a...
Welcome to BYC, Kim! We are all drooling over the idea of home made pies! Best wishes with your birds and pies!
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. I hope you will find them helpful as well. All articles are short, have illustrations, and reviews, which are often...
Welcome to BYC, and best wishes with your flock!
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. I hope you will find them helpful as well. All articles are short, have illustrations, and reviews, which are often worth looking at for the comments.
1. Intro to chicken...
How awesome that you are seeking info before getting birds, and also to share at your work. Best wishes with all your bird adventures!
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as a newbie. I hope you will find them helpful as well. All articles are short, have illustrations, and...
Glad to meet you, Sheena, and welcome to BYC. Your farm sounds wonderful! There are a lot of folks here who keep horses, goats, dogs and cats, as well as a huge variety of poultry (including emus!). Best wishes with your farm and flock!
Here are my favorite beginning articles that helped me as...
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC. It is a wonderful resource to learn about chickens and other birds. It's also a great community to just share your love of your chickens, and ask questions.
Congratulations and best wishes with your new flock!
Here are my favorite beginning articles that...
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC. There is always more to learn about keeping birds, which is part of the fun!
In the Learning Center, I find it kind of hard to locate articles on topics beyond coops. There is so much, I find it overwhelming.
To look for articles in the Learning Center on...
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC. As others have said, it's tough to argue to keep birds when there is a law or rule saying NO. But you CAN work to change the law. In the meantime, Janie has a good idea to keep the flock together when you need to rehome them.
Here is a helpful website on...
Glad to meet you and welcome to BYC. What a charming introduction! I loved hearing about Frank. He sounds like a character!
At the Geese forum link, look for what they call "sticky threads" which are the most useful discussions on goose topics. Besides the link to the Geese forum, you may find...
Glad to meet you, and welcome to BYC. Congratulations on doubling down with new birds! So sorry for your lost guineas. If those dogs are able to get into your yard, you may want to improve the protection your new coop and run give your birds.
Predator protection for new & existing coops
Best...
Glad to meet you, and hope you have some sunny days before May is over! Best wishes finding the birds you want. Hatching eggs sounds like the best route, though you will certainly get some cockerels that must be rehomed or sent to "freezer camp." Best wishes!
You may be able to arrange with...