I have found that I am unexpectedly drawn out to watch the chickens moving around the pen. They are always doing something. Kind of like watching fish in an aquarium, I am fascinated with looking at them moving around, making their noised , interacting with each other. I am feeling a calm I have not felt for a while.
One neighbor a couple houses down came over and started asking me questions and ended up "loaning" us a brood box with 10 nest holes in it which is much nicer than the one I was planning to build. It's Something she dragged home at some point and had leaning up by her garage. She kind of went into a stare when watching the chickens while we were talking, even to the point of getting a little misty eyed.
My daughter got offered 8 more chickens free from someone who is not feeling the love, that are already laying eggs. She also has been asked if we are going to sell eggs. We cant count them till they are laid though.