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My name is Laurie and I don't have nay chickens yet. I want to research everything I need to before hand so I don't have any issues due to not knowing what I should when I get my chicks.
I have a large fenced yard that I am still trying to figure out the best location for my coop. I live in Texas so I want a nice area that gets sun with afternoon shade. I don't want my chickens to cook! I plan on letting them out a few hours every day, but otherwise they need to be caged in. I am very near a park and I don't want my birds to get taken. I also live on a corner with high visibility...
I have been looking at heat hardy chicken breeds, but they also need to handle the cold since we get snow and cold in my part of the state. I have picked out what I would like to get, I think. Some of my neighbors have or have had some of these breeds so I think they will do well here. I bet you want to know what I am considering.
Light brown leghorn
Easter Egger
Golden Campine-not so sure on this one
Barred Plymouth Rock Bantam-not so sure of them. I love how they look though.
I am planning on getting 3 chickens. I don't know how many eggs that will give me, but there are only 2 of here to eat them so I don't want a bunch of eggs sitting around. I know I can give/sell eggs too, so that is an option. I plan on ordering sexed chicks from My Pet Chicken so I get only hens. I can't have roosters.
So that is where I am right now. I only just recently decided to do this after years of thinking about getting chickens. I have realized that even though I live in the city, I really am a country girl at heart.
This is part of my back yard...
I have a large fenced yard that I am still trying to figure out the best location for my coop. I live in Texas so I want a nice area that gets sun with afternoon shade. I don't want my chickens to cook! I plan on letting them out a few hours every day, but otherwise they need to be caged in. I am very near a park and I don't want my birds to get taken. I also live on a corner with high visibility...
I have been looking at heat hardy chicken breeds, but they also need to handle the cold since we get snow and cold in my part of the state. I have picked out what I would like to get, I think. Some of my neighbors have or have had some of these breeds so I think they will do well here. I bet you want to know what I am considering.
Light brown leghorn
Easter Egger
Golden Campine-not so sure on this one
Barred Plymouth Rock Bantam-not so sure of them. I love how they look though.
I am planning on getting 3 chickens. I don't know how many eggs that will give me, but there are only 2 of here to eat them so I don't want a bunch of eggs sitting around. I know I can give/sell eggs too, so that is an option. I plan on ordering sexed chicks from My Pet Chicken so I get only hens. I can't have roosters.
So that is where I am right now. I only just recently decided to do this after years of thinking about getting chickens. I have realized that even though I live in the city, I really am a country girl at heart.
This is part of my back yard...
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and Welcome to BYC! Nice backyard, it should make some chickens very happy. Check out your state thread on the Where Am I Where Are You board for what breeds people in your area have, especially if you have temperature extremes. 
