hello, i'm an american living in lyon, france for 20 years and we've decided to start keeping some chickens. only a couple as we only have a small urban backyard, and the real impetus is not to turn poultry farmer but just to take in a couple of what are called here poules de reforme: layers past their prime and whom we feel deserve a bit more out of life than 70 weeks in a cage. i've made the coop out of scrap from old projects, the chickens will only cost 2 euros each... it would be hard to determine who on BYC spends the most on chickens, but i intend to be in the running for the one who spends the least!