Hello and To bird or not to bird....

[iambejab]

Hello! About six months ago I moved out of an HOA neighborhood to a new home in a more rural area where I have privacy and room. At the same time, I started a small antique and home decor business. I found myself going to estate sales that had chicken and rooster items (and buying them all!). I'm also a photographer and while shooting a backyard wedding a while back I couldn't put down the Silkies. I keep seeing chicken coops everywhere and am mesmerized. I think I need chickens. Badly. But I am nervous about it and want to find every piece of info I can find to make this a good decision for myself and for any birds that might come in to my life. I have 5.5 indoor cats. Four came with me to this house. One was left here by the previous homeowner (for real?) and one has deselected his owner/my neighbor and decided he wants to live with me. He is the .5 that sleeps on my porch by day and just about rings the doorbell when it is time to come in and go to the garage to bed. He hates cats so he wants nothing to do with my cats. Anyway...back to birds. I was at an estate sale this past weekend and she had chickens. I made my purchases on Saturday but on Sunday, I brought my parents back and we sat on her porch and stared at her chickens. I'm sure they thought I was weird at first but then she told me about Aretha FrankHEN, Oprah HENfry, Lindsey LoHEN and I was smitten. Her buildings and the run were amazing. The birds were amazing. She recommended this site and so here I am, ready to learn and make big decisions.

 

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[MrsMistyReal]

Welcome aboard to BYC family gr8 people tons of information loads of fun enjoy shake your tail feathers

 

[The Phantom]

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard chickens. That women sounds like she'd have some good birds for you. Will you buy from her?

 

[iambejab]

Welcome to Backyard chickens. That women sounds like she'd have some good birds for you. Will you buy from her?

I would love to have her birds but the person who bought her home is keeping the chickens! Trust me, I would have taken them and all their stuff that day if she had let me

 

[Plip]

Welcome to BYC! Great to have you here!

 

[Nyla]

The best part is to hatching out your own chicks from eggs. It's a wonderful experience to raise chickens and ducks from egg to laying adults! My son keeps hiding the incubator around the house and fills it up with our eggs. He adores hatching and watching chicks hatch!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under iambejab Welcome!

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

If you include your general location on your profile, this will assist others. Location, climate, season etc can be important factors when members are responding to any questions you may have and vice versa.

You might want to also Find Your State Thread and pop in and say hello.

BYC has a Learning Centre and also Topic of the Week discussions which I have found to be a great resource, informative and sometimes entertaining; so definitely worth checking out.

To close, I have three words for you ... go for it!!