Truer words have never been spoken! I will point out that keeping even one chicken means you have to provide it food and water every day. 365 days a year. No days off, no matter whether you're sick, wanna go on vacation, or just don't feel like it.

A homestead takes a lot more than one chicken, and keeping enough livestock to keep a family in butter, eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.. takes hours EVERY day.

I dunno when this picture you've posted was taken, but hereabouts, sheds usually drop from February to March, and if you haven't found them by the end of April, they're usually already rodent dung.

Rodents, whose teeth never stop growing, need the calcium, and chew them to bits in short order.

Thanks!