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Farmgirl1878 said:
Hubby and I did the BBQ tour for our honeymoon and ended up backstage at the Opry courtesy of Rep. Bob Clement. I hired his daughter to work for the FBI as a Presidential Management Fellow. Had a wonderful time!

Since you’re looking primarily for snuggle buddies who poop the occasional egg, I’d suggest Brahmas, Salmon Favorelles, or Speckled Sussex chicks. They can all handle the heat well and, in my experience, are friendly, funny, relatively quiet (except the SFs, they’re really chatty) breeds that make great pets! My Speckled Sussex, Dottie, raised my five Brahma chicks. My SF, Butterfly, is the smallest of all my girls by about five pounds, but is my alpha!

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Your birds are beautiful! Looks like you know what you’re doing!
 
JunebugTN said:
Coops are OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE lol! I’ve been looking all week for plans to build one that won’t cost an arm and a leg but to no avail! We are planning on Rocks, Easter Eggers, and Australorps!
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It is possible to build a relatively inexpensive coop. You can use pallets, recycle windows, doors, fencing, etc. It’s nice that you’re in a more temperate zone, so really, you “only” have to be concerned with keeping the flock dry and draft-free in the winter. (And wrapping the coop and run in plastic will solve a lot of issues!)

I have two EEers and love them both! One (Puff) is extremely skittish, but friendly, the other (Bertha) is kind of aloof, but loves to come sit near me sometimes. Puff is built more like a tall, thin, marathon racer. Bertha is heavier, but still only medium sized when it comes to weight. I’ve not had ‘Lorps or Rocks, but I’ve heard that ‘Lorps are a lot like Brahmas. My Brahmas are all over the chart in terms of whether or not they want to be lap chickens, but all are friendly.

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That’s Puff on the top roost and Bertha is right in front of her.

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Here are my Brahmas as chicklets. All five were on me at that moment!! They all turned out to be big, beautiful girls. Four of the five love to come for a snuggle and one of the four sits on my lap at least once every day. They’re a hoot!

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Farmgirl1878 said:
It is possible to build a relatively inexpensive coop. You can use pallets, recycle windows, doors, fencing, etc. It’s nice that you’re in a more temperate zone, so really, you “only” have to be concerned with keeping the flock dry and draft-free in the winter. (And wrapping the coop and run in plastic will solve a lot of issues!)

I have two EEers and love them both! One (Puff) is extremely skittish, but friendly, the other (Bertha) is kind of aloof, but loves to come sit near me sometimes. Puff is built more like a tall, thin, marathon racer. Bertha is heavier, but still only medium sized when it comes to weight. I’ve not had ‘Lorps or Rocks, but I’ve heard that ‘Lorps are a lot like Brahmas. My Brahmas are all over the chart in terms of whether or not they want to be lap chickens, but all are friendly.

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That’s Puff on the top roost and Bertha is right in front of her.

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Here are my Brahmas as chicklets. All five were on me at that moment!! They all turned out to be big, beautiful girls. Four of the five love to come for a snuggle and one of the four sits on my lap at least once every day. They’re a hoot!

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I think we e found a recycled coop! Fingers crossed lol. I’m going to build a 8x10 run this weekend and then they should be ready! We ended up getting 2 barred rocks, 2 olive eggers, and 2 rhode island blues (told they were RIR and lorp) so we’re excited. Only problem is telling them all apart! They’re all black right now except the 2 rocks. The have a white spot on their heads. I’m not convinced the other 4 aren’t the same lol.
 

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