what is it with people wanting chickens?????????????? pretty much every one of our neighbors (rural living) moved in and the first thing was 'we want chickens'-then the same cycle begins-
money expended on chicken housing,
money monthly on chicken feed,
joy and rapture over the first few dozen fresh eggs,
realization they can't consume all those eggs regularly produced so they try to sell them-no one wants to buy them,
gifting of eggs to friends, family, co-workers, neighbors...
friends, family, co-workers, neighbors say 'no more eggs please',
friends, family, co-workers, neighbors actively avoid you b/c you are always trying to pawn off eggs,
calls to food pantries find they won't take the eggs,
disposal of eggs on a regular basis,
cleaning of chicken droppings becomes tedious,
you want to go on vacation but there are no chicken pet sitters and you've complained enough about the dropping cleanup that no one is volunteering to help out,
weather turns cold and you find out chickens need warmth so more money spent to upgrade chicken housing,
chickens attract predators so you get to deal with dogs, raccoons, coyotes...
chickens get frightened by a close call with a predator and get ptsd so they can no longer lay eggs,
you are stuck with rattled, barren chickens (sorry, there are no animal shelters or sanctuaries looking to take in chickens).
i kid you not-we have neighbors whose chickens got ptsd and nervously clucked 24/7, and they were stuck with them......for years (they live on average 7-8 years).