So I have been reading for a couple weeks now on this post. I wanted to wait till I read through everything before posting but I was starting to feel like that day would never come! So I decided to skip ahead to the last five pages and then post. We got 7 chicks from our local Orschelns 2 1/2 weeks ago. 3 Barred Rocks 2 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Ameraucanas. We are just loving them! After doing more reading though we have learned our coop is only big enough for 4 so we are looking for a new home for 3 of them. We are going to keep the 2 Ameraucanas 1 Barred Rock and 1 Rhode Island Red. This is such an awesome adventure already! We are already planning to build a bigger coop for next year!