[yarddog]

Several of my relatives kept chickens in their yards when I was a kid. I never liked it because they left droppings which a barefoot boy would sometimes step in.

It was an easy way to have chickens and eggs tho. Basically just let them go except to feed them a little and let them eat insects for the rest of their feed.

[planekT]

That was one of my wife's reservations when I suggested we get a few chickens a while back (they're messy). She grew up on a farm with chickens and dairy cows.

My daughter would love them though. She loves all animals pretty much.

Anyway, I want to get a few chickens.