Welcome to this flock of humans Mike. Great intro. Love to see some some photo’s too if you build you’re coop and buy some chick(en)s .
I choose to buy small bantams to start with in a very small coop. I extended it later. Now I can have a flock of max 9 small chickens. I added new life with my broodies and fertile eggs (to avoid Mareks disease).
What is you’re main purpose for starting with chickens?