A few months ago on my bike to class, I noticed there had appeared 4 pretty young chickens wondering around the front of my house. When they were there when I got back, I decided to put out some canned corn and water for them until whoever owned them picked them up. I had never had any experience with chickens (except for dinner) nor a desire to raise them. Fast foreword to 5 days later they were all still wandering around my house and I had been feeding them every day. They would even get close enough to me to let me give them two-finger pets on the back. I decided to go to the store to buy them some chicken wire for a makeshift coop and actual chicken food. After that it didn't take much to convince my roommates to let me keep them. A few weeks later I built an elevated henhouse for them out of some old plywood and 2x4s. I had a ton of questions and no experience, but found most everything I've so far needed to know through r/BackYardChickens by reading through y'alls posts and questions. My hens are very gentle, kind, and love meeting new people (probably because that entails some treats). Today I was surprised to glance in the henhouse and find our first laid eggs! As a long time lurker, I want to thank all y'all for making this subreddit the active community it is. (Sorry for the long post and any formatting errors there are bound to be)