My daughter got into the chicken thing. Her husband bought her four little chicks last Easter at Tractor Supply (I think). They all survived and are constant egg-layers now. Two lay the greenish type eggs and two lay brown eggs. They got a pre-fab coup kit from somewhere and have a smaller yard with chicken wire as a cover. When she and the dogs are outside, she lets them run around in the fenced backyard but the keep an eye open for hawks and owls. They're tame enough that she can pick them up and trained enough that she just throws a handful of meal worms in the covered area to get them back inside.

My grandson loves his chickens.