Listly by Brian Genung
Questions Urban Chicken coop designers need to answer well if they want a good urban chicken coop
If you have a definite plan going into chicken care you will be far ahead of anyone who makes an impulse decision to get a flock. Most new owners tend to want eggs and pets. If you haven't had experience with animals as livestock or hunting and processing game, it may have quite an adjustment taking on the birds for meat, or culling for productivity.
Each breed influences behaviors, and has physical characteristics that can make keeping them easier or harder given the design of their coop area.