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Hello all!! I am brand spanking new to chicken ownership...
I hope I am posting this in the right place...
My husband is going to start building us a coop and run but in the meantime, I am going to get 4-6 female chicks and start raising them indoors... My question is which breeds, I am so overwhelmed! The local shop where I was planning to buy chicks has black astralorps, golden comets, and amberlinks... I was thinking of getting 2 of each... Would they be good with kids? Good egg layers? I don't want any chickens for meat, we just want eggs and to have them as pets... Also, we live in Indiana so I'm hoping these breeds would be good in warmer and colder temps... Are there other breeds that would be good in addition to or instead of any of these that would be good for someone new? I live in the country but do have neighbors so hoping they aren't too noisy...
Any advice would be awesome! I have been lurking all over the boards on here and there is so much terrific info!
Thanks in advance,
Erin
I hope I am posting this in the right place...
My husband is going to start building us a coop and run but in the meantime, I am going to get 4-6 female chicks and start raising them indoors... My question is which breeds, I am so overwhelmed! The local shop where I was planning to buy chicks has black astralorps, golden comets, and amberlinks... I was thinking of getting 2 of each... Would they be good with kids? Good egg layers? I don't want any chickens for meat, we just want eggs and to have them as pets... Also, we live in Indiana so I'm hoping these breeds would be good in warmer and colder temps... Are there other breeds that would be good in addition to or instead of any of these that would be good for someone new? I live in the country but do have neighbors so hoping they aren't too noisy...
Any advice would be awesome! I have been lurking all over the boards on here and there is so much terrific info!
Thanks in advance,
Erin