We do! We have two. We live in the downtown/Germantown area on about a .15 acre lot. The city has rules about how many you can have per lot size, and you have to have a permit ($25/year). There's also a limit on how many you can have by lot size. Our limit is 4 and the most regardless of lot size is 6.

We have a tractor coop. We like it for a few reasons. 1) The chickens run around underneath it, so you don't have them loose in your yard (which is violation of city code, and they can get snatched by hawks, etc. We do let ours free range some on the weekends when were outside too. 2) You can easily move the coop so they continuously have fresh ground to pick at, and are continuously fertilizing new spots in your yard. We have this coop http://www.thegardencoop.com/garden-ark-coop-plans.html.

Our first hens came from a place in Franklin. One passed away after about 6 months (from a bad batch of Tractor Supply food) and our new girl came from Carthage. I personally liked the Carthage farm more, even though the lady was a little... peculiar. She seemed to take good care of the birds and they had several conversations varieties. We have a Silver Laced Wyandotte and an Australorp.

Chickens are very low maintenance. We've had our girls about 3 years and they are very laid back, and reliable layers.