My wife and I recently bought 5 acres of farmland in Southern Maine and are getting ready to start our flock. We orderd 15 Appenzeller Spitzhauben chicks to be hatched for us, as we're looking to start a flock of about six hens and a rooster. The brooder is all set up in the room over our garage, and I have a large horse stall in my barn I'm going to be turning into a chicken coop with a run outside. This will be our first foray into raising chickens, though I worked on a dairy farm growing up an I'm familiar with livestock.
and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations on your new home and farm! Good luck with your soon to be new flock, interesting breed, there are a number of thread on them if you want to do a search, ie here is a general one. 
