Welcome to BYC! Have fun and feel free to ask questions!
Have fun and welcome to the addiction of chicken keeping. Once you buy your first batch of chicks, I guarantee you'll be craving more and more. Oops-- ...sorry, I just gave you the curse. Whoopsadaisy.
This is a great group. Am sure you will like it here. Your place sounds like mine. We have 5 kids all grown and gone but 1. We have 4 dogs too, but no cats DH allergic. We do have 2 strays that live under the porch. We have 38 chickens 8 ducks 11 rats 2 hampsters 2 ball pythons 2 bunnies 2 cockatiels a turtle and a salamander. You should avarage about 10 eggs a day once they start laying.