Hello from Central AL

[BirdDogGal]

Hey Everybody, just about to make the jump from intensive backyard gardening in the suburbs to homesteading in rural AL outside of Birmingham and I'll be bringing my family of 5 along for the ride! I have experience with chickens, horses, my trusty bird dog, and gardening. I've been planning my dream garden/orchard for too long! I'm looking forward to restarting a flock of chickens and focusing more on turkeys this go around. I have one kiddo that wants pigs. Husband has experience with those suckers so maybe. I'm gonna need some help, especially with construction advice and planning.

dancing chicken

 

[Peanut]

Welcome from Bama! Lots of topics, jump in anywhere.... Glad you're here!

 

[snappy1]

Welcome from Mississippi! Nice to meet you.

 

[Bacpacker]

Welcome

 

[dunewalker]

Welcome from the high desert. My neighbors raise pigs, seem to like doing it.

 

[Tirediron]

Welcome, lots of good folk, and good advice here.

 

[Alaskajohn]

Welcome from Alaska! You will love your new lifestyle. You will always have plenty to do!

 

[Pearl]

Welcome from Texas!! You have come to the right place

 

[Double R]

Welcome! Pull up a stump and stay a while!

 

[Amish Heart]

Welcome from Kansas. I did the same a bit over a year ago from an acre in NM to a farm here in Kansas.

 

[Sourdough]

Welcome to the forum from "The Great State of Alaska".

 

[Cascadian]

Welcome from Oregon.

 

[Weedygarden]

Welcome from Colorado

 

[Morgan101]

Welcome from Eastern Missouri. Good to have you with us.

 

[goshengirl]

Welcome from southern Ohio!

We'll be moving within the year, and like you I want to add turkeys to the mix at our new (much more rural) place.

 

[LadyLocust]

Welcome aboard. Hey, @Amish Heart she said turkeys

 

[Spikedriver]

Welcome from Iowa!

 

[Amish Heart]

She did! I like turkeys!

 

[backlash]

Welcome aboard.

 

[Pearl]

She did! I like turkeys!

Yummy!

 

[kd4ulw]

Welcome from Indiana.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Welcome

 

[rice paddy daddy]

Welcome from rural North Florida.
My wife and I left big city life in 1995, and moved to a homestead on a dead end dirt road six miles outside a one stop light town.
I spent several 8 week periods in the early 90's with Georgia Pacific Distribution Division helping to move all their stock from an old warehouse in Birmingham to a brand new facility in Midfield.
Beautiful countryside. I was given a rental car, and on weekends toured around. Up near Cullman looked like a nice place to live.

 

[viking]

Hello and welcome from an outpost in S.W. Oregon, the only thing I can say about pigs is seeing how things are going at our neighbor just west of us, they have a lot of flies and I can't believe how many rats are showing up, our cat has probably killed at least three and so far I've seen four in our chicken coop, never in all the years has there ever been rats in the coop, we've had wood rats around but never in with the chickens.

 

[dademoss]

A belated welcome from Ohio, don't know how I missed your intro

 

[Magus]

Howdy. need anything, just ask.