Welcome, I just joined this week too. Have had our chickens since Saturday. No eggs yet though. I got our hens from the man I had been buying eggs from in Newton, NC. One idea for local chicken farmers is to check the IWANNA. You can check online also. Just be careful about making sure the ages are good. The older a hen is the less she lays. The man I bought my chickens from said that if the rooster is too mean you can always eat him and get another. 
Good luck.

Good luck.