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It's great you're getting ready to take the big step and doing your planning first! Chicks are usually most readily available from hatcheries and local feed stores in the spring, but you can order them or buy started pullets almost any time of the year if you know a good source.

People raise chickens for so many different purposes, so once you decide your goals, picking prospective breeds will be easier. To just get you started, I'd like to share some of my favorite articles that helped me a lot...
Kick The Heat Lamp: Better, Safer And Healthier Options To Heat Your Brooder
How Much Room Do Chickens Need
Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop!
Predator Proofing

Best wishes starting your new adventure!
 
Welcome to Backyard Chickens! We are glad you joined the flock!:welcome BYC is a helpful site providing all of the information you need to know about poultry. There is always space for members on the BYC roost!:highfive:

Researching and learning about chickens such as health, feeding, which environmental locations suit them best and breed choosing can be very important before establishing your flock.

Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do!
 
Hello @cluckmecoop7 and :welcome! You came to the right place to start planning out your flock! We have lot's of people here with tons of experience and lot's of forums with answers to all kinds of issues. After you have your flock, you can use the emergencies forum if you have any kind of issues or concerns! Leading up to that, we have forums for all life stages of keeping chickens and all issues or questions around them! You can always create threads asking questions or for advice and everyone would be happy to help out! :D
 
On this link you'll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping birds - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives . Ditto the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3 I’d suggest including your location using the guide in that link. You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 

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