New to BYC. From Nashville, TN

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Tattoomomma

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Hello, I'm new to this arena and I am looking to start raising chickens. So any advise would be much needed and welcomed.
Staring from the ground up!
I need to know how to build a coop for 4-6 hens and what is the best advise for that.
Also what is the best types of chickens are the friendliness.
 
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Welcome to BYC!

You will like to start in our leaning center here on BYC for lots of great tips on all aspects of keeping poultry from building the coop, raising your new babies, feeding your adult flock and keeping them healthy and safe from predators...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

Here is a link to our Coops section that may give you some ideas on what type of coop to build...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/2/Coops

While you are in our learning center, stop by the breeds page to see what other members are saying about the different breeds as far as laying ability, friendliness, etc...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/category/chicken-breeds

Wait...we are almost done. LOL Here is a really nice external breeds page that has lots of good quick info on the different breeds. I referred to this web site many times before deciding on breeds to keep....

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

Great to have you aboard and enjoy your new chicken adventures!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! TwoCrows gave you a lot of great links to follow! Some breeds of chickens that are quite popular you might want to read up on are ... Orpingtons, they are nice layers and are really popular as pets because they tend to be really friendly. Black Australorps, Sussex, Wyandottes and Plymouth Rocks are some other breeds that are good layers and make nice starter chickens. Cochins and Silkies are two breeds that don't lay quite as well, but they are very friendly and very popular again as pets, they are also quite broody and a lot of people keep them to hatch eggs. If you are looking for a breed that is a really really good egg layer, the Red Sex Links (they go by various names like Golden Comet or Red Star depending on the hatchery) are probably the best brown egg layer of all, but they can be a bossy with other chickens if you decide to get a mixed flock. You might also want to check into your state thread to see what breeds your neighbors have and what they are building coop wise to deal with the weather in your area. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/226276/tennessee
 
Thanks to everyone who welcomed me! I greatly appreciate it.
I am excited to get this process started. I am now 1 step closer we have a Chicken coop, but I am worried now about how many chickens it can actually hold. It says 6 hens but I have read review saying it really only holds 4.
I was thinking about the Rhode Island Reds but I wanted to see if there was another great egg layer that is pretty and that have a friendly temperament and who can with stand the cold.
 

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