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Keeping chickens vs Reptile keeping

Keeping chickens and reptile keeping have 86% in common. Here is how they differ on time, cost and feel, so you can pick the one that fits your week.

WhatKeeping chickensReptile keeping
Time a week3 hours a week2 hours a week
Who withOn your ownOn your own
You end up withA skill you got better atA skill you got better at
FeelsCalmCalm
To start$400$350

Choose keeping chickens if

  • More useful day to day
  • More time outside
  • More physical

About $400 to start, then about $25 a month.

About keeping chickens

Choose reptile keeping if

  • Less about being useful
  • More of an indoor thing
  • Gentler on the body

About $350 to start, then about $25 a month.

About reptile keeping

What you'll need

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Any two of the 396. You get the time each takes, what it costs to start, who you need and what you end up with.