Found a hen in the street "Backyard Chicken"

[Irving]

Kind of what I was thinking. Seemed more for going to see the more exotic stuff, which is not really what I'm in the market for.

[HoneyBadger]

In case you needed some inspiration:
http://www.goodshomedesign.com/backy...r-chicken-run/

[TheGrey]

Have you settled on which breed you're going with? If you're not going to be heating your coop, you'll need cold-hearty breeds.

[Irving]

Have you settled on which breed you're going with? If you're not going to be heating your coop, you'll need cold-hearty breeds.

The Barred Rock we had was a cold breed, as is the Buff Orpington. Those are my main two choices. I doubt the local places are going to be dealing with more exotic stuff and I'm not interested in paying the prices for more exotic birds either.

[TheGrey]

The Barred Rock we had was a cold breed, as is the Buff Orpington. Those are my main two choices. I doubt the local places are going to be dealing with more exotic stuff and I'm not interested in paying the prices for more exotic birds either.

I've heard the Buff Orpingtons have a wonderful temperment!

[GilpinGuy]

You may want to seriously consider ducks instead of chickens, believe it or not. I went throught the process of thinking about chickens, then heard ducks were easier to maintain, more cold hardy and some breeds lay WAY more eggs than chickens, then eventually decided on quail as a starter to see if I'll dig raising birds. I am so far. I'll probably get a few ducks in the spring.


Golden 300 Layer Hybrid ducks lay about 300 eggs a year!

[buffalobo]

We had very good results with Buff Orpingtons for meat and egg production.

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[Jamnanc]

Ducks are loud.

[Irving]

I think a lot of chickens bred to be egg layers produce around that 300 egg/year mark.

[sampson]

Wish i could have ducks. No room and yes they are loud and not allowed.