Hi Smallholder, welcome to the mad house (sorry I meant hen house!!!!! lol)
You'll find lots of people asking questions and giving answer on here, so you'll soon feel at home!!
At the moment, I only have the dog, the cat, 47 rescued battery hens and the OH, but OH would like to keep a couple of pigs, a few sheep and a couple of bullocks, but isn't easy when you only have half an acre!!!!!