Even though I live in suburbia, my family and I this summer got into chicken keeping. We can legally have up to 6 hens. I know 6 hens is not a lot, and we could buy eggs cheaper, but it is nice to know exactly where our food comes from.

As far as prepping goes, this is a skill building exercise. When the SHTF... all of the things we have not only learned but practiced will be very valuable. We are going the all grain route for feed (instead of expensive rations), so it is also handy for prepping to have multiple 5 gallon buckets of oats, rye and hard red wheat lying about!

When an emergency hits, we could have the ladies doing a lot of foraging while we share the grains with them.