OK..so I am not exactly brand new...but I haven't been on for 2 years, does that count? I have 4 chickens...a barred rock-Penny,an Americauna-Maude, a brown Leghorn-Sophie (she's kind of a meanie), and a buff cochin-Midge. Maude and Midge are my favs...and I would really like to have a golden laced Wyandotte and I think I want a Partridge Cochin....but we'll see.