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[Midwifechick]

Just starting on the chicken thing. After some research, we chose the Eglu Cube. It was shipped today, and I can't wait to get it. We plane to get 4-5 layers...

I'm currently thinking

Buff Orpington
Barred Rock
Rhode Island Red
Wyandotte
And.... not sure

It's just hubby, me, and3 dogs. Depending on how the dogs and chickens get along ( they did great with our parrot for years) we would love to free range our chickens when we are outside gardening and working in the yard

Hoping for just enough eggs for us.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welcome!
All the breeds layed are great choices. ...are you interested in just brown eggs? If not a white laying breed such as Leghorn, California grey, etc or blue/green layer such as easter eggers, crested cream legbars, etc might be something to consider

 

[Midwifechick]

Just got notification that our coop arrives on Wednesday!!!! I'm beyond excited

 

[Pork Pie]

Hello and welcome to BYC and congrats on the impending coop delivery.

You'll find lots of info in the Learning Centre - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/ and if you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

CT

 

[MommaHen2Many]

Oh the excitement begins! First the coop, then the little 'fuzz balls"...then when they get feathers, then when they free range the first time, then when you get your first egg...Welcome to BYC... let the fun begin!

 

[drumstick diva]

Black Australorps are very good layers

 

[Midwifechick]

I can already tell that if we weren't limited by the size of our coop, I would end up with way too many chickens

 

[MommaHen2Many]

Good luck with that ! Its an odd thing called chicken math...somehow you end up with more than you "expected"....I think we should do a survey on BYC about how many people still have the same number of birds that they started with! lol
I spent all last fall building a "coop addition" running around trying to beat the snow & rain. I went from 5x8 to 15.5 x 8...It was a good thing as we had one of the hardest winters in about 10 years, and they didn't go outside for about 2 months!