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[Sue-Sue48]

Hello all, I am new to this group and loving all the information/opinions! I am planning to start raising chickens in my nice fairly good sized fenced backyard soon. Coop and run in the process and now need to decide on which hens - only want to have 4-6 hens and not sure if I will add a roo? Cheers, Sue-Sue

 

[chickenlittle21]

rooster can be nice

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
What size of coop are you building?

 

[Chullicken]

 

[FortCluck]

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Welcome to BYC (BackYardChickens), @Sue-Sue48! I'm sure you'll find that chickens are very addicting, so you might want to consider making the coop a little larger than you have planned.

I recommend Barred Plymouth Rocks! They are very friendly and pretty (or handsome, in the reporter's case) and good layers to! I have heard that they also make good meat birds but I haven't tried that.

Roosters are great! There are plenty of articles of BYC to help keep you rooster from becoming aggressive, so why not? (Well, there is the crowing, but still...)

 

[Sue-Sue48]

Thx for your input!

 

[Sue-Sue48]

Welcome to BYC.
What size of coop are you building?

It is 5 x 6

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join our community! Have you stopped by our Learning Center yet? Tons of great reads on all the aspects of keeping poultry... https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

And if you still have questions, feel free to ask around the forums. Make yourself at home here and enjoy all the poultry chat!!