In Cooperative Extension Service success is measured on many scales. For most of the Agriculture Agent’s program this is usually done by groups of producers. However, one exception happened in April of this year. The recent trend of backyard chickens has continued to grow in our area, as determined by the increased number of municipalities with regulations around chicken ownership. Three of the 17 participants that attended the program was a mother and her two sons. The younger son had a lot of questions during the course of program and he was engaged fully in the discussion around raising poultry for eggs. After the meeting the Agriculture Agent received a handwritten note from the mother of this son to tell me that her son had special needs and he rarely participated in a classroom setting. She went on to say that she had brought him to the program in hopes of finding something for him to focus on during the summer break from school. She was grateful for my patience and that his questions were answered. She indicated that her son had attended other community education type classes at the local library, and that he was typically ignored and his input was disregarded. She thanked me by saying he now refers to the agriculture agent as his “chicken friend”.