After several years of waiting for a coop to put them in, my son built one and we got chickens...10 little fluff balls. So far, so good, except for the neighbor's dog.
I read that once you start getting critters, you want more. It really is fun caring for them. Maybe someday I will have...
We are finally raising chickens this year. We got ten little Orpington chick girls. They are about 14 weeks old now. We let our next door neighbors know we had chickens and would be free ranging them. One of these neighbors has two dogs which escape from their fenced yard every week or two...