The eggs are totally fine. they can sit out for thirty days without being refrigerated but they cant be washed off because that takes a protective coating off. The reason why you have to refridgerate eggs from the store is because they wash the protective coating off.
My personal opinion is if you want friendly chickens, get babies. That way they will get used to you and u will be closer to them.
Also 4 hens is plenty enough for two people, but it depends on what type of breed you get. Here are some good laying breeds.
sexlinks: have three of them and lay...
A few days ago i was out in my front yard when i spotted a golden eagle 60 feet in the air circling around where my flock was free ranging. Then I ran outside screaming and yelling as loud as I could and it flew away. The eagle was giant!!! I am so glad that I was outside when it happened or...