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Love it! Definitely will look into the Buff Orpingtons. Any suggestions on mail order vs looking locally for chicks?

Thanks!

Yep. The garden is about 30 x 40 and my plan is to split it in half. Chickens get half one year and the veggies the other. Then once a year swap them. Not sure if it can be that simple, some say yes and others say no. Great idea on letting the chickens help clean the garden at the end of the...

Thanks :-) I'm just outside of Asheville, NC.

I haven't looked into breeds--still figuring out if my dirt floor coop with 3 walls and the 4th just screen will work. If I dive into the "chicken thing", I'd like a friendly breed (can you believe I'm scared of birds!) that lays eggs and is not keen on flying since I'd like to just have a 5'...

My husband and I bought a house a couple of months ago and have been working on it every day since. As the inside gets in more livable shape, I'm turning my eye to the outdoors. There is a large garden (~30' x 40') that I plan on splitting in half: chickens on one half and garden on the other...