I have been reading this fab forum for about a year now, as we got our first chickens october 2011, and have read so much reassuring comments and information on here.
I had initially registered ages ago and then forgot my password, so being the dunce, it's takena while to sort out (and the inclination!).
We now have 17 chickens (3 cockerals!) and 24 quail so has been a baptism of fire, and still very much learning
5 light sussex, 1 cuckoo maran, 2 welsummers, 3 cream legbars (1 male), 2 rhode island red, 3 ancona(2 male), and 1 orpington,
Lovely to finally be able to join the wonderful world of chickens ....