I occasionally watch my neighbors' chickens when they're out of town and I love it! There was one incident of something getting in (lost 2 that time) and another time they got out but I believe all came back... But considering that's all the chicken drama for 4 years, not too bad!

I think that a lot of our other neighbors have no clue the chickens are even back there.

I can occasionally hear them clucking from my house, but it's not disruptive or disturbing by any means. I think it's so cool to be able to hear both the T announcing "Red Line, North Shore" and chickens from my yard. Oh, Beechview.

I tell this to anyone willing to listen... Really anyone. I

Also that garlic sauce might be one of my favorite substances on the planet.

My dad used to take me to drive around Settlers Cabin Park (Robinson) starting with parking lots. There are pedestrians and even horses so I wouldn't use it as a FIRST try, but it's a good intermediate before regular roads.