New registrant to this sight although lurking for last year plus looking at coop/run plans and gaining information on backyard chickens. We just got our first chicks last Friday (one week old today). the push to finish the coop/run just got real!
Welcome! Glad to have you in our coop! Good luck with your new chicks and all the projects that go along with it. You'll find answers to your questions on this site...so many wonderful folks.
We have 6 rhode island reds, 5 black australorps (sp), 6 Buff Orpintons (sp), and 3 rhode island whites. That is the total we received, but we are splitting the order with friends so we will end up with one rhode island white (one daughter wanted a chicken all her own that didn't look like any of the other chickens) and a mix of the others so total of 6-8.