Keeping Chickens: Easy AF

There's currently an "egg shortage", although I don't see any evidence of that at my local grocery store.

My family didn't have any farm animals when I was growing up. I think lots of parents of the 1970s and 80s who maybe grew up on a farm considered it "low class" or something to keep farm animals. They were trying to live the "fancy"/garbage life they saw in movies and TV shows. Anyway, I didn't have any chickens or ducks until recent years. Now we have a small flock of birds.

Chickens are trivially easy to take care of. Ducks are slightly more complicated because they constantly need water. If you live in a cold area, it takes some ingenuity to supply sufficient liquid water to ducks year 'round. Chickens just need a coop, some food, and are much more robust when it comes to water needs. Almost any enclosed/shelter providing structure can serve as a chicken coop. An old shed can house chickens. A few sheets of plywood tacked together on trash 2x4's will work, etc... 

Anyway, it's significantly easier to take care of chickens than a dog or a cat. It's maybe 10 minutes of work per day or less. In addition to providing eggs or meat if you choose to kill and eat them, the chickens provide fertilizer for gardens or ornamental plants.

Most people with a house could easily have a small flock of chickens. I think it would have been a good experience when I was a kid to take care of some birds and see how they act. It's a way to get some wisdom as a young one.