Definitely take your lifestyle into account before you get chickens - we had them for a couple of years (before they got eaten) and it was kind of a drag having to let them out EVERY MORNING at dawn and making sure someone was home to put them up EVERY NIGHT at dusk. THEY DO not operate on your schedule. The one day we forgot to lock up the coop…well…feathers flew.

Also think about how much you’ll want to dispatch these chickens if they turn out to be roosters, or get sick. And the shit shoveling…and their bad attitudes…wow, I do not miss owning chickens.