I have had good luck on CL, I get my antibiotics and wormer at my feed store for next to nothing and I treat them all as soon as I get them home.
My biggest concern with disease is when I get new birds to add to the existing flock
The breed is dependent on what you want from the chickens, Buff Orpington's eat a lot and are raised primarily for meat. I am not an expert by any means and I will tell you what I know from personal experience. I have several breeds but they are all layers. I have red sex links, wyandotte's...
There is a place in Newnan called Jenco Sales that sells 20 and 40 footers for 1500 to 3000 depending on condition, I am considering one as well and stopped by there about a month ago. The 3 people that worked there were friendly and the owner took me around back and let me look at multiple...