Raising Livestock This skill is tiered: chickens first, then goats. Start with chickens. They're cheap, legal in most suburbs, require 15 minutes a day, and produce eggs within 6 months. If you can keep chickens alive and healthy for a year, you've learned 80% of what livestock management requires -- daily routine, feed economics, predator management, and health monitoring. Goats are the next step and a significant escalation in time, cost, and fencing requirements. Both animals are practical, productive, and manageable on small acreage. But both are also daily commitments with no days off, a…