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Great ideas everyone. Thanks for the responses. We are still deciding on breed but we have settled on where their coop and run will be.

sultans and sultanas. ;) i was very addicted to a turkish soap.opera a few years ago that took place in the Harem of Sultan Suleiman.

Thats actually perfect since im up to my ears in eggs.

Ill be perusing the general breed discussion board and figuring out which hobby/pet breed i will be getting in the spring. Looks like silkies might be out due to heat tolerance. Id like a flashy bread but i dont want it to be uncomfortable in our souther n summers. Excited to start new coop...

Just looked these up thanks for the suggestion. Look like i will have a few mo ths to decide. We will start on a new coop and run for them and be ready by February to order chicks. I think wed like to handraise these.

I think i did. I and i mentioned my woes.too. The consesus there was guinneas ducks and seagulls...not sure how practical or serious that last one is. I am dmm1976 on that board btw. ;)

I saw on a homesteading forum thread someone mentioned using their chickens for gardening and i was like "How?" I tried and failed a couple years ago....and i think there they mentioned guineas. But i figured id come to the best place for chicken questioms and i got my answer. :) So unless i...

My current chicken yard (1/3 acre) has plenty of trees bushes and some "play equipment" we built for them out of pallets. The compost bin is also in there along with their coop. They seem to have plenty of cover , shade and enrichment. They really dont even try to escape anymore since we raised...

Looks.like its a pipe dream. :) my next move is building a coop and run for some silkies. I think. Indont know why i want to keep them apart from the layers. I guess because im considering this breed more of a pet and i have zero pet type attachment to my layers. They are just food and manure...

:) yeah currently they are fenced out. But they have a few thousand sq ft so they dont seem to mind.

Ive been suggested this before! Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for the reply. Id been considering getting small birds for possible breeding. And hatching just for a hobby or enjoyment. Maybe trying to sell of things but not for profit. Id even consider donating. Id love some little silkies. Im guessing a rooster and 2 females is standard to...

Wasnt sure where to put this. But it does involve flock management. So i tried having my laying hens free range a couple years ago. They tore upneverything.flower Bushes, tomato plants zuchinni. Nothing was safe from them and i only had 5 at the time. Now i have 13. 5 rir 2 1/2 years old...