Welcome to BackYard Chickens and congrats on getting started with your soon-to-be feathered friends! We're happy to have you here and hope to see you around with any and all of your chicken questions and adventures!
You are one of the few very smart ones to plan ahead! Our first chickens lived in our garage as they were three adult silkies donated. We knew we wanted to raise chickens, but didn't mean to start like that!
Now we have a main coop, a breeding coop, two growout pens, another huge breeding coop being built, and 30+ silkies.
We always talk about how we got into this with our pants down.
Welcome to BYC!
Them Learning centre has lots of helpful advice on raising, feeding and housing chickens, as well as on chicken diseases!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the forums. You may find the Coop and run forum, and The breeds forum, if you're not sure what breeds to get.
Good luck with your flock!