All good and valid points were made. I would personally add a bonus: that if you are a true chicken lover (this is inevitable once you start), it literally will make you loose sleep and shift your priorities. I literally spend every day at work saying how I can't wait to get off to get home to my chickens. And I spend all hours reading about other people's chickens when I can't be out in the coop with my own (like at 2am when I can't sleep but my husband insists I come to bed!)
