I would just like to point out that even though most of the fossil fuel you kept from being used to bring chicken to the supermarket was offset by what you did to raise them, you still cut down on the other environmental hazzards that conventional poultry production creates. Poultry from the supermarket is raised in confinement houses which overuse antibiotics, and contribute to water table contamination from all the manure run-off among other things. Even though you only raised a few of your own chickens you still made a small dent in that flawed system. Good for you!