Hi guys :)

Hi there, my name is Kylie and we are situated in CHCH. Altho we dont have any 'land' as such I am certainly hoping we will one day and at the moment we do have a large section and have recently just added Aruacana x hen with 3 x 16day old chicks! We also have a cat,kitten,dog and 2 budgies. My two kids aged 2 and 3 are animal mad like me. I look forward to reading much more on this forum

Welcome Kylie! There is much you can do with a section - have a search through the archives (I know there was a recent thread about what can be done in small spaces, and a lot of us have been there, making the most of what space we had, growing lots and even a few animals!).

Hi Kylie , and welcome to LSB cyber family
there are lots of chookie addicts on this place to , so am sure you will be able to get any questions answered you have
Lots of people with lots of hands on experience on here,
great to hear animal mad kids to

Welcome from me too, Kylie. Andrea's right - there is a heap you can do on a smaller amount of land, and you're off to a great start with the chooks. They're such useful little critters - eggs, fertiliser, land breakers-in, waste disposal units and food if you're inclined to eat them. Excellent way to teach kiddies animals responsibility and the life cycle, as well.

I love hearing how people make use of their spot, and we all enjoy pictures, so please keep posting
Cheers, Mich.

Andrea;349134 wrote: Welcome Kylie! There is much you can do with a section - have a search through the archives (I know there was a recent thread about what can be done in small spaces, and a lot of us have been there, making the most of what space we had, growing lots and even a few animals!).

Hi. Welcome to the forum. Good luck with all your animals.
Andrea is right about the archives. I have found threads about most questions I have had over the last year, and saved wasting the vets time for trivial problems and got them in quickly when needed. Cheers

hi andrea welcome and enjoy

Hi Kylie

As everyone has beaten me to saying, "Welcome"!

Like yourself, I'm new to the LSB forums and currently live on a 1/4 (rural) town section - I don't even have any chickens so your place sounds more like a farm than mine.

As for doing a lot with little space, I'm reading a library book by Nicki Trench titled "Creating Your Garden Farm" and am finding it a very good read so if you haven't read it, you may enjoy doing so.

What a great start to life your children are receiving; teaching them to love nature and value their animals is a great gift, keep it up!

Olivia