Seems reasonable but that would have left me out. I came to BYC this year expecting to sign up, and found that I had done so in 2013 when I was still dreaming of chickens. My studying and researching and learning took me 5 years.
Good for you! By now you probably have your chickens although it took me years of dreaming, researching and studying chickens before we took the plunge. I am in wake forest too and would love to meet for coffee and talk chickens.