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chicki-vicki said:
Thank you Chicken Fever for your offer to help --  I need it - I am on the Gulf Coast - humid & hot , with mild winters. I 'm looking for pets - calm - socialable.  Egg laying average I would think - not heavy layers neccessarly.  I was thinking 6 girls,  I would love to have a rooster - an excepttional crower - I enjoy that.  I've read the more you handel the biddies the better the chance the more pet like they will be.  I have chosen my coop design (from 2 here on BYC) there is an existing 12 x 16 building I will be converting. Thinking 1/2 storage and 1/2 coop so that would be 8 x 12.  Picked a brooder design. think I understand that step. Planning a run 10 x 20, half covered (rains a lot here & shade will be needed). They will be able to be let out to free range a couple hrs 4 or 5 days a week (at this time I do not live on the property). I'm thinking let's see if I can manage 6 common backyard chickens - something calm, socialable, & sturdy.  Then I would like to have  some unusual to and flair.  I see a Breed section - think it's time for me to visit there.  I like the idea of receiving from fellow BYC. I'm thinking spring , I dont wont to try keeping biddies alive through winter - I not that sure of myself.  March - 3 mths from now - to build and study .  Any input I will gladly accept. 
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I have great luck with my Rhode Island Reds here in El Paso- my hens do ok in winter (as low as the 20s at night) and summer (110F+). They are feisty towards my dog but love getting petted by me or my husband or actually any people at all. I do not have a rooster. I was worried at first that the girls would overheat and become pullet jerky in summer while I was at work but I left out frozen water bottles to cool them. My girls lay in a community box (converted covered kitty litter tray, rather) and have free run of my yard, they sleep in a little coop at night. So what I'm saying I guess is that I've found my Chickchicks to be eminently adaptable to the weather and my feeble, amateur attempts at sheltering them, caring for them- they are my first chicken experience and it's been so rewarding even though I am very new! I bought them as pullets from a local breeder in Mesilla, NM (30 min up the road) and though I doubt you'd want to travel so far, I really don't think you can go wrong with a breed you find nearby. My hens and I are learning together and I look forward to hearing your chicken experience broaden. Good luck!
Mags
 

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