Posts by chfite

It seems to me that one could go either way based upon what is written.  You could successfully argue that chickens kept for their eggs would constitute "pets" as many posit.  Covenants and restrictions in neighborhoods can...

My best answer is because they are chickens.   I drop a tool on the concrete and the chickens run.  I walk right next to them mowing the grass and they will hardly move out of the way.   Chris

I make sure my chickens have water all the time.  They drink quite a bit of water.  I would worry less about a shortage of food than I would about water.   Chris

There can be good in everything.   Chris

I understand that loosely rolling up chicken wire will produce an ensnaring arrangement through which a snake cannot pass, indeed it becomes irrecoverably trapped.  I have read about this on this board, so a successful search may...

Moreover, it may be illegal to relocate a wild animal.  I would destroy it.   Chris

My run has 6 feet tall fencing for my New Hampshire Reds.  They forage all day in a yard of 3/4 acres with 4 foot fencing and have not gotten out.  Nevertheless, my Barred Rock Rooster has gotten out of the run on occasion....

I would cut off the damaged and possibly contaminated part and prepare it as usual.   Chris

From what I have read, backyard eggs are much lower in cholesterol than store eggs.  So he has that going for him.   Chris

I would use it.   Consider your ventilation.  A glass door facing south is going to have a lot of heat gain in the summer.   Chris