i 100% agree with everything u said iluvcks!! there's nothing more i can add to it....u said it all and i will keep all that in mind if i ever find myself in your situation. where i live, it is illegal to have chickens in THIS part of the town, but not OTHER parts of the town! i have a privacy fence and have asked 3 of my closest neighbors if they would mind if i had a few hens...they said they're fine with it. so i currently have 4 LF girls that are a month old who are already outside 24/7. and i have one 5 day old silkie chick who is my house chicken. if he turns out to be a roo, i'm keeping him anyway. it makes me nervous though about who i should let know about my house chicken....i run a home daycare and all the parents know about my chick and they kids absolutely love her/him!!! it's all nice and cute now, but will a parent get a wild hair when Sweet Pea it full grown and call me in? maybe i should hide my house pet away from them all??!! isn't it ridiculus that we even have to be afraid of this???? i mean it's a CHICKEN for cryin' out loud!!! not a lion!!!