Bought a house - previous owner moved to a town home so we kept the chickens. There is a decent amount of space on the property, and half of it is a forested hillside.
Any suggestions for a newbie? A new coop is definitely first thing on my list. And a fence around the property.
One of the chickens is an outcast and I feel bad for her, doesn’t leave the coop when the others go out in the yard and doesn’t eat treats from the ground just food from the feeder. The other chickens get along well it seems.
Roosters are very loud. I’ve lived in two houses where some neighbor asshole had roosters.
Some people don’t mind the sound of roosters. I grew up on a farm so to me they’re just the sound of morning.
In my experience Roosters cockadoodledo all day long; not just the mornings.