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I'd like to know why nobody told me the drawbacks of getting chickens. I've had my four buff orps just over 24 hours now and I'm already obsessed with them. I'm running outside every few minutes to check on them, handling and talking to them as much as possible and generally behaving like a...

Chicken newbie here! I've been doing a lot of reading and have concluded (I think -- LOL) that I'm going to start out with Buff Orpingtons. Looking for egg layers, not meat, so I want pullets only. There are a lot of B.O. chicks for sale locally, but only one farmer is guaranteeing gender...

Hello, all -- I'm just starting my personal backyard chicken adventure, and hoping that I don't fail miserably. I'm in central Virginia (rural area outside Charlottesville), and many of my neighbors keep chickens, so I figure I should be able to do so as well. Yes? For sure I'll be...