Greetings fellow Oregonian!
Glad there are getting to be more of us. It's awfully lonely here...and if there are enough of us maybe we could have a chickenswap close enough I could actually GO!
from Pride, La. Have fun with your new babies. As long as you keep your coop clean you shouldn't have any problem with any smell. Now if it rains a bunch and your run gets mudding & nasty it will smell till it dries out. (now that's if your on bare ground. As far as the noise, some are noisier than others while laying!! You can clip one of their wings to prevent them from flying over the fence!!