thanks for the replies
i have them in a large dog cage in the house for now.
going to start on a coop in a week or so.it's still kind of cold here right now to be putting them outside only been in the 70's a couple day so far this springs
this years my first year trying to raise chickens.figured i'd startout with 12 and go from there....heres the story
have had 9 rhode island reds for a couple weeks now.just went got 3 more to add to the flock these are Ameraucanas.... one of them is just pecking like crazy on the rhode island...