Posted on 04/07/2016 12:11:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Many urban homeowners increasingly desire to keep small flocks of chickens in their backyards, and with good cause. There is no reason every family in this country that can run a flock of chickens in their backyard should not. This perfectly logical and reasonable habit—backyard chicken farming—has been buried under a great deal of hipster elitism (from many of the backyard chicken farmers themselves) and sneering derision (from their critics). Please try to ignore these detractors. If you can play host to backyard chickens, you should.
It is, in many urban localities, easier said than done. This normal and praiseworthy practice, which has been gaining ground in many cities across the country, has come under fire from both pearl-clutching busybodies and incompetent health inspectors and animal welfare agents, all of whom are under the impression that backyard chicken farming is both frightening and dangerous....
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I (heart) Animals
I hunt them, eat them and wear their skin.
On six acres, prohibiting a few yard birds is absurd.
If you have chickens you have to buy chicken feed.
Every bag of chicken feed turns into something.
Do people really want a back yard full of used chicken feed?
We used to keep some rabbits. 2 does; 2 bucks. One of the bucks “died”. Every few weeks, it seemed like, one of the does would pop out a litter of the cutest little babies you ever saw.
‘Course, we couldn’t afford to keep them all. So Daddy “gave them away”.
In those days, we ate a lot of fried chicken. Best I have ever had.
Very interesting, thanks for the info. I’d think for small game, the delivered energy from a few hundred grains travelling at 300 fps would cause massive damage, so probably even a field point or blunt tip would kill quickly.
My neighbor got himself some chickens, but they’re never home, they LIVE over here and leave “deposits” EVERYWHERE!
Especially in winter, where we’ve shoveled and have to walk. Even on the deck, if we’re not home to run them off!
Not sure the insect removal is worth the nasty mess!
One especially is a pest because if she sees us heading for the car she will run up to it and squat down like she wants to go for a ride!
One day my husband left the car windows down to let some fresh air in and the darn thing flew up into it!
Biggest thing that gripes me is that over the ten or so years that I tried to raise free-range chickens, I lost over 300 to dogs, foxes, dogs, coyotes, raccoons, ‘possums,hawks, owls and more dogs.
I finally gave up, got tired of coming home to “shredded tweet” and gave the survivors away.
These 4 have been here for over a year and still are ok. Grrrr
Bunnies are so cute.
There’s no way I could ever raise any animals to eat. I just couldn’t bear to kill them or have them killed.
I love all innocent animals too much. (i know many consider this foolish, but I just can’t help it)
Chickens will usually be smart enough to hide from everything. Hawks are the worst problem. But Chickens tend to attract critters like coyotes which isn’t good for the cats.
A coworker had some guineas and I thought about getting some and just cutting them loose, swearing to the HOA that I had no idea how they got there
I always assume one needs a Rooster among Hens. I miss my chickens. Growing up we raised Chickens and among them were a few Roosters. I always feared our big fat Rooster. He would attack anyone in the backyard. So to even go out and play I would take a stick with me for protection.
Hunger changes a man.
That would be great. After a few weeks there might be 15 or 20 running around.
Where the heck are they coming from???
My neighbor is Mormon so she is more into homesteading but her husband is moving here from New York City. What a surprise for him when he walks the dog in the morning.
So they want us to raise chickens? Becky’s Homestead would be a good place to learn.
http://beckyshomestead.com/watch-videos/
You are not alone. My pioneer bride and I have kept them for twenty-four years. The kids/grandkids always name them and then we can’t eat them.
Thank you for your beautiful Texas page. Makes me homesick.
I don’t like eggs enough to keep chickens. Don’t even like chicken enough.
Honey, now, that’s a different story. :)
And if I could I’d grow chocolate in the backyard.
Well yeah! I always have liked thighs.
A bunch of dirty Mexican pigs bought the house next to mine and stayed a few years. It’s in a residential suburb. They had roosters/chickens/biddies/etc. etc. (once they slaughtered a goat on the back deck.)
Those SOB roosters crowed all blasted day long. I would get pecked by biddies in my own driveway trying to leave for work every day. Finally I got the city housing inspectors over to find all of the other critical violations. Mercifully they were foreclosed on in 3 years and 3 months. I was counting.
You can keep every one of those ugly little F8ckers out in the country. And I don’t mean the poultry.
I've never seen a 'duck house' -what does a duck house look like? A large dog house?
hahahahaha, hahahaha...roflmao. Too funny. (as I sit here having scrambled eggs)
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