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I have a rather old swingset in my yard that I think has the potential to be a chicken coop. We were going to use hardware wire over the outside of the swingset to create a run (like where the top bar and the length of the open space where the swings are in the picture). Then we would build a...

dixiechik44, Ameracuanas seem like a very good breed for me, but where would I get them?

Thanks everybody for the replies! With all of that in mind, I can probably narrow down which breeds actually would work best. I do want good layers, but it would also be nice if they were semi-friendly and didn't fly into the highest limb of a tree (haha)... If I did order them online I was...

So we are going to get chickens, probably in the spring... I bought a book about having a successful flock and it featured many different types of breeds. Out of all it mentioned, (and after some research) I think that Anconas, Marans, Hamburgs, Buttercups, or Ausralorps would work the best for...