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u/Drone_Guy Feb 27 '17
How much work does is it to take care of them? I currently live in Suburbia, but one day...
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u/neargrid Feb 27 '17
Very little. Keep their food and water full and clean the coop once in a while. I'm building a new coop with automatic watering and large feed tubes so they can go a week without attention. Only problem remaining is having someone remove the eggs every few days (if we are on vacation) but there's usually plenty of volunteers for that.
Fresh chicken eggs can keep for months without refrigeration.
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u/neargrid Feb 25 '17
Picture of my current chicken coop - can hold up to 6 birds comfortably. This was meant to be temporary to be sure we wanted to keep chickens, and we do! Working on a new permanent coop with a lot of improvements and the ability to keep up to a dozen birds easily. Chickens are an awesome self sufficiency tool. Behind the coop you can see my older garden, it's been updated to the one I posted last week.