Thanks for the great welcome.. As i said in my first post i had chickens most of my life just havent had any in the last seveal years due to work and kids and yada yada . I plan on getting a mixed group of brown egg layers to start with.. other than a few ameraucanas to brighten up the egg basket..lol... 5 RIR ,5Black Australorps, 5 Dominiques, and 10 Red Sex Links.and a couple of roosters . Will work on a place for some meat birds later on... I love having chckens around even if they are so dumb they cant help but be comical...