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Hello Gabby and welcome to BYC! :frow

First, make sure you have enough room. Chickens need 5 square feet per bird in the coop and 10 square feet in the run. Chickens can and do attack each other if they feel squeezed in, and you don't want to start any cannibalism habits.

Some sort of bedding, being in Florida you can probably use sand everywhere. Keep your roost bars lower to the floor for a couple of reasons...one being it protects them when jumping down so as not to injure their legs and feet, along with keeping them lower out of the summer heat that tends to rise.

Feeders, waterers, a layer feed. Make sure to have several nesting boxes for all these birds, maybe some ceramic eggs in the boxes so they know where to lay.

And as @sourland mentioned, make sure its 110% predator proof, night time marauders will dig, chew and rip at everything.

Make sure to also stop by the Florida thread to chat with your neighbors here! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/florida-always-sunny-side-up.305793/

Make yourself at home here and welcome aboard!
 
Hello! My name is Gabby and we are getting 12 one year old chickens in a few days and I need to know what bare minimum I need to get. We live in Florida on the west coast. Im looking for some feeder and waterer recommendations. We plan on eventually setting up a continual waterer system but it's not a necessity right now. I'm also stuck on where to get some bedding for them? Any and all advice is appreciated!! We are so excited to have these mini raptors 😂 TIA!!
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