My family helped my brother with his FFA project of 25 chickens, and for about a month they had them all in the house! They were kinda iffy about it but i tell you what, those chickens brought ALL of my family together! My grandparents chicken sat my moms new americunas when they went away and everyone had such a great time with it that now we have some permenantly! It is a job to take care of them, but it is fun in a way. You get to see them all excited to see you, and they do teach you a ton about responsibility. Through BYC you learn soooo much too. They taught my younger brother alot about responsibility and it got my other brother away from the video games to help!!! It is one of those things that you and your family will feel great about doing. Everyone thinks that I am crazy for getting chickens, but I just tell them, well not only are they cute and I will get yummy eggs from them, but it brings my family together in such a simple way and brings alot of happiness... WHO KNEW!!!!!