[Double Kindness]

I have lost it finally. Duckmang got me 4 chickens for my bday this past summer and now I'm in deep.

I am now up to 45+ chickens, 3 muscovy ducks and 2 rabbits, on top of my 2 greyhounds and dm my bf of almost a decade. And regular common barnyard chickens are not good enough. I have ayam cemani (rare all black chickens) and American white bresse and we have begun to learn to caponize (castrate chickens) and 2 of my ayam cemani roos have had the crow reduction surgery. 2 white bresse go in soon.

I noticed quite a few chicken people are coincidentally cannabis people too.

[unregistered190]

Cool, You gonna share some pics? Would love to see them!

[blastfrompast]

I raised 25 ISA Browns a while back...had them for 4yrs..

19 of them ended up going to an old farmer down the road after those 4 yrs for stewing meat...

1 ended up going to a new family. Her name was DRUMSTICK.

She was my "test chicken"...just about got her head bit off by my GSD as a chick during dog/chicken introduction training...so she kinda grew on me. She was a bit lighter than the rest and was extremely friendly.

She went to a home where the lady painted her toes...lived in the house most of the time and got treated better than some dogs.... When drumstick died the owner vowed to never get another pet...

Strange how some people get attached to chickens....but who am I to judge.

Me...I find them tasty..and they make great eggs....

Not a fan of roosters tho....short of procreation their only other use is in the stewpot ;P

[paper thorn]

that's a lot of chickens

[stoned-trout]

I like fried chicken ,rotisserie aint bad either

[Babbabud]

wifes nickname for cats are chicken... here chicken chicken chicken

[redlaser]

Picked up ten chickens in april this year, all different kinds. a silky and a frilled silky rooster and some mericana's and I forget the others. Doing it for the eggs but they are pets as well. One is all white and will follow me around the house, sometimes it will walk around inside the house to check things out.

[Mikell]

I get a pretty good kick out of people buying a chicken for eggs, only to have it become a part of the family as a pet. There are forums out there for this type, mention chicken salad as an alternative to a burial ceremony or cremation and the whole might of their blithering whining will come down on you.

Oh the things cityfolk come up with... next they'll be raising cows for companionship.

[nattynattygurrl]

Great thread DK!!
The only thing that would make it better, is pix!! Please allow me to live vicariously through your chicken pix!

Originally Posted by redlaser

Picked up ten chickens in april this year, all different kinds. a silky and a frilled silky rooster and some mericana's and I forget the others. Doing it for the eggs but they are pets as well. One is all white and will follow me around the house, sometimes it will walk around inside the house to check things out.

A silky!?! Oh, now I demand chicken pix! That is my dream chicken!


Caution: “blithering" ahead!
Since we got acreage a few years ago I have been resisting the urge to get chickens, goats and especially donkeys- (my favorite 'farm animal' and would-be protector of anyone else in the yarden, they kick ass! LOL) If I thought I might have even a sprinkle of the fortitude required to deal with the death that is certain to follow, I’d have a yard full! We have a really nice chicken coop/mansion the previous owners put in and never used, but hearing about their occasional difficulty passing eggs, cut short my dreams of chicken-eering. Noticing my neighbor goats suddenly “disappear”, has been tough enough.

I suppose in this day and age, we aren’t all cut out for “farm" life. Bwah bwaaah.

Maybe all of you pro-chicken-eers can change my mind?

[resinryder]

I have about 70 of them. And 7 ducks. Ducks are pissing me off with muddying up the waterers tho.