Hello from Dubuque, IA

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Hi Adam and welcome to BYC. It's safe to say that the overwhelming majority of members would advise building your own coop. Bought ones are generally poorly made and are most certainly do not house the number of chickens that they claim.

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive


You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - Find Your State Thread


Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
Hi Adam, I also vote for building your own coop. You can make it as simple or fancy as you like (the chickens won't care either way)...some people even adapt things like shipping crates or plastic sheds for coops.

Pork Pie Ken has given you some good links to help you get started.

Best of luck :frow
 

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