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KikiLeigh02 said:
It may be a good time to look at getting some from a breeder instead of a farm store or hatchery. They may have older chicks that didn't sell or ones they were thinking of keeping for breeding but decided not to. Plus, if they're older it's way easier to sex them lol.
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Possibly, I gotta find the benefits, I wouldn't mind having some chicks and have late layers into fall/winter, especially since I am in Louisiana, its hot!
 
:frow Paul, welcome from New Orleans, don't know if you might be looking for a nice cockerel to protect your flock, however I have full blooded heritage French Black Copper Marans cockerels as well as 1 French Blue Copper Marans cockerel that I must rehome. they are beautiful fellows with heavily feather feet, Hatched out between May 29- June 2. They have not been overly handled so should not become human aggressive once the hormones kick in. Although a docile breed, Marans make good protectors and providers for their flocks. Let me know if you are interested, as I am willing to drive to you, so that I can insure the cockerel you pick will have a good home. Thanks for thinking about it. Also if you know of someone who would be interested and provide a good home, please let me know. Thanks again
 
Ursuline Chick said:
:frow Paul, welcome from New Orleans, don't know if you might be looking for a nice cockerel to protect your flock, however I have full blooded heritage French Black Copper Marans cockerels as well as 1 French Blue Copper Marans cockerel that I must rehome. they are beautiful fellows with heavily feather feet, Hatched out between May 29- June 2. They have not been overly handled so should not become human aggressive once the hormones kick in. Although a docile breed, Marans make good protectors and providers for their flocks. Let me know if you are interested, as I am willing to drive to you, so that I can insure the cockerel you pick will have a good home. Thanks for thinking about it. Also if you know of someone who would be interested and provide a good home, please let me know. Thanks again
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Ursuline Chick, thank you for the offer, but I do not think my home will be ready for chickens for at least a month or two. We are leaving Boston June 30th and expect to actually arrive July 4th. (27 hour trip with the ground in between). On top of that I need to actually build the coop and finish my research. Finally, don't think a rooster (I think that is what a cockerel is..) in a suburban neighborhood would go over well.

I do really appreciate the offer though.
 
PaulPike said:
Hey all!

My name is Paul and I am brand new to this whole adventure. Basically my husband and I are moving to our first home June 30th (Lafayette, LA) and in the next 5-10 years we want to start a homestead. However, as things go, we can't afford to buy a huge house with 15+ acres just yet. So instead we bought a beautiful starter home that we are excited to start the next chapter of our lives.

I want bees, chickens, a milk cow, some pigs, crops, etc...

For now though, I just want some chickens! So figured, I would join this wonderful community to gather as much information as I can, before the move, and make sure it's even possible to start this adventure. If it's not, I will be sad, but will continue to gather information until we can start being true chicken owners.

Currently we will be living in a suburban area. The plot is about 10k sqft, with a 2.5k sqft back yard.

I looked into the ordinance and it looks like there is a 25 ft law from any building used for sleeping, dining, living or working.

There is a perfect spot in the corner of our yard, that is about 28 feet from any other building (once we move i'll have to get exact measurements to make sure).

I attached two images of the backyard and where I think I would place the chicken coop!

Hopefully my plans arn't spoiled before they begin.

We plan on simply just having egg laying chickens for now. From what I read silkies are good for egg laying in suburban areas as they are quiet and don't need much room.

And that is as far as my research has gone for now! I can't wait to meet all you wonderful people and learn as much as possible!

Thanks,
Paul

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So, I finally got into the new house and super excited. Waited for it to storm real bad and realized that the coop/run location I want stayed really dry! I measured the back corner and max I could do is 8x15! Super big enough for the 8 chicks I want to get. However, researching into actually buying chicks (not going to until coop is built), no sex guarantee, well 90% on most websites.

My question, if I want to end up with ~8 hens, do I buy like 10? And what do people do with the roos? Browsing the "managing the flock" forums, looks like people eat them! Can you identify roos before they start waking up the neighbors?

So excited, making the plans for the coop today and might even start the build process!

Started a coop/run build thread here!
 
Plans foiled already? I looked up the chicken ordinance for Lafayette, Louisiana and it is super vague. Basically says you are free to do whatever as long as you arn't 25 feet from someones living area, here, but then I randomly came across this document which completely says other things.

To be clear, I do live in a neighborhood.

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PaulPike said:
Plans foiled already? I looked up the chicken ordinance for Lafayette, Louisiana and it is super vague. Basically says you are free to do whatever as long as you arn't 25 feet from someones living area, here, but then I randomly came across this document which completely says other things.

To be clear, I do live in a neighborhood.

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It sounds like you pay the fee and will be fine, unless there is a home owners association rule against them. Do any of your other neighbors have hens?
 

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