I can't honestly say I have ever heard of that crowd sourcing thing. We ditched all credit cards some eighteen years ago and have not had one since so I understand that completely.
Chickens require a coop. an old shed a neighbor wants hauled away etc works very well. I scrounged chicken wire from three different people, the shed was an old hog shelter, and a friend had some dog fence (the 2x4 size square openings)
Critters, coons, foxes and cats will attempt to dig into the chicken coop/pen So I used the dog fence bent in an L shape along the bottom, buried under a couple inches of dirt around the entire pen and shed. Then put the chicken wire up clipping it to the dog fence. I ran chicken wire across the top as well, no climbers getting in that way. A latch on the door with a wire to the inside to keep from locking myself in and having to chew through chicken wire to get out.
I have found multiple spots around the pen dug up, and thanked myself for the dog fence buried around the outside.
Inside you will need nesting boxes and a roost, preferably higher than the chicken boxes.
Once the chickens are doing well and are used to their new home, we just open the door in the morning, they roam all about eating whatever they can find. In the evening I go collect eggs and the chickens will be in the shed on their roost. I collect eggs and shut the door. No issues except one chicken that got left out and the resident fox got it.. Unfortunately for the resident fox I knew where its Den was.
You have a FARM now, you HAVE to have chickens running about! No chicken tractors on a real farm!
