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Welcome to our community and best of luck with your new arrivals.

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/

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-archives

This is a useful link of BYC guides to take a look at - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/website-announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3/?prefix_id=3

You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
Savageacres said:
I am thinking of about 10 chickens. 4 polish- more for fun than egg production, 2 Delawares, 2 Australorps, 2 Speckled Sussexes. Those last 6 appear to be pretty heavy layers, so they will be the work horses!
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Nice! You might consider getting half the first year and half the year after to combat winter molt lull in egg production. Adding a couple new layers each spring really helps.

You might be surprised to find the Polish lay prolifically... in a couple friends experiences. The Delaware I got laid WAY to late, and smaller body than a dual purpose bird should be... maybe just a bad batch or the specific hatchery. Speckled Sussex are pretty fun birds, the OVERALL friendliest of the many breeds I have raised. Australorp are beautiful and I would likely choose them over any other Orpington. Even though Leghorn are shy, everyone who comes to my house loves to see them... and they laid circles around any other bird I had as far as work horses go. They are full of personality. Come to find out... white is a valued color in my egg basket. My final choice in white layers ended up being White faced black Spanish (your Polish should do well in that department). Like you say, just for fun! But they lay great and are wonderful eye candy. Getting a variety is wonderful. :thumbsup

Have you seen these comparison charts...
http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

https://livestockconservancy.org/images/uploads/docs/pickachicken.pdf

Hit me up :)oops:) if you decide to get French black or blue copper Marans, Spanish, Speckled Sussex, Lav Ameraucana, Silkies in many pure colors, or bantam wheaten Ameraucana.. as these are breeds I specialize in and my quality FAR surpasses hatchery. Hatching for myself and by request regularly. But hatchery is a great place to start, especially for just layers... :pop
 
EggSighted4Life said:
Nice! You might consider getting half the first year and half the year after to combat winter molt lull in egg production. Adding a couple new layers each spring really helps.

You might be surprised to find the Polish lay prolifically... in a couple friends experiences. The Delaware I got laid WAY to late, and smaller body than a dual purpose bird should be... maybe just a bad batch or the specific hatchery. Speckled Sussex are pretty fun birds, the OVERALL friendliest of the many breeds I have raised. Australorp are beautiful and I would likely choose them over any other Orpington. Even though Leghorn are shy, everyone who comes to my house loves to see them... and they laid circles around any other bird I had as far as work horses go. They are full of personality. Come to find out... white is a valued color in my egg basket. My final choice in white layers ended up being White faced black Spanish (your Polish should do well in that department). Like you say, just for fun! But they lay great and are wonderful eye candy. Getting a variety is wonderful. :thumbsup

Have you seen these comparison charts...
http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

https://livestockconservancy.org/images/uploads/docs/pickachicken.pdf

Hit me up :)oops:) if you decide to get French black or blue copper Marans, Spanish, Speckled Sussex, Lav Ameraucana, Silkies in many pure colors, or bantam wheaten Ameraucana.. as these are breeds I specialize in and my quality FAR surpasses hatchery. Hatching for myself and by request regularly. But hatchery is a great place to start, especially for just layers... :pop
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Good summary!

Delawares are very messed up currently
 

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