Does anyone own chickens?

[elephantnose3334]

Just asking to see if any of you own some chooks.

 

[madmark285]

Well this is a sad story but...

My neighbor owned chicken, quite beautiful. Some animal was able to dig under the chicken coop and had a feast, killed and ate all the chickens (3 of them).

So if building a chicken coop, put rust resistant wire mesh under the coop.

 

[Colin_T]

I used to own chooks, ducks and a goose named Charlotte. I also had finches, parrots and quails.

Chooks I like, roosters I hate. They are awful noisy little turds that crow all night and all day and even when I set the dog onto him he was crowing.

The ducks were great. We had Khaki Campbells and Muscovies. The Muscovies were called George and Pinky. George was terrified of water (yes, a duck that was afraid of water). He would only drink out of a small container and stayed out of the pond and rain (yes, he hid under the shelter when it rained). Meanwhile Pinky would be splashing about doing what ducks do in water. They bred and had 13 babies. When the babies were about 3 weeks old, mum said one of her work mates was willing to take them to his farm to live long happy lives. Mum lied. They went to his farm but he ate them all including George and Pinky.

Charlotte was a young stray goose that appeared in our backyard one day. We kept her for a bit over a year. One day someone said they had lost a goose fitting Charlotte's description about a year before. Mum and dad gave her to the people and we never saw her again.

I miss my birds.

 

[Colin_T]

Well this is a sad story but...

My neighbor owned chicken, quite beautiful. Some animal was able to dig under the chicken coop and had a feast, killed and ate all the chickens (3 of them).

So if building a chicken coop, put rust resistant wire mesh under the coop.

That would have been a fox. They kill all the birds and then take them back to a larder to keep for later use.

 

[GaryE]

As a city boy, I used to think the sound of roosters was exotic. On my recent trip, from Turkey to Gabon those ^%^%$#$#s were howling their rooster song all day long. They're like drunks in a karaoke bar. They think they can sing, but they are the most untalented birds out there.

 

[Back in the fold]

Don’t turn your back on a rooster . They will get you !

 

[Waterbabe]

As a city boy, I used to think the sound of roosters was exotic. On my recent trip, from Turkey to Gabon those ^%^%$#$#s were howling their rooster song all day long. They're like drunks in a karaoke bar. They think they can sing, but they are the most untalented birds out there.

In Greece they compete at every hour of the day or night! Some have sore throats and seem to croak. They compete with all the dogs too! they can drive you slightly bonkers.

 

[Uberhoust]

My neighbors feed the local predator populations with their attempts to keep chickens. We have a lot of mink and weasels with the occasional racoon, who now scope out the chicken coop on a regular basis.