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We live near Vernal, Utah. We have 8 pullets (born April 2015), 2 Wyandottes, 2 Barred Plymouth Rock, 2 Araucanas, and 2 Sex Links. We are considering adopting a rooster. We actually wanted to wait until next spring, but I just happened to see your post. We are older people (in our early/mid...

@ shortgrass: I have dreamed of being a "Selbstversorger", ever since I read John Seymour's book, in my early thirties. Unfortunately, apart from having a garden (at certain times of my life), I have never had the opportunity (or the physical condition) to be self-relient. I just always wished...

@ oldhenlikesdogs: Thanks for the info. Good to know that roosters don't necessarily kill each other. We don't have a rooster now but intend to acquire one, at some time. And having a reputation as animal lovers, it is quite likely that we get more than one offer to adopt a rooster. We really...

@ Bine: In practice, I agree with everything you say, but in theory you and I are not yet "holy" enough. :-) I have had the same thoughts throughout my life. I always realized that chickens would not live very long without us providing them with food (very difficult to come by during WWII and...

@ Bine: Hmmh! I'll think about it, but I just got proselytized by some vegans on Goodreads. You must know that I have been battling with vegetarianism for decades (and my husband were vegan, did I not stuff eggs and, occasionally, fish down his throat). Eating meat or not eating meat is a...

@ MeepBeep: Thank you so much for your elaborate info. I'll try the Walmart and Smith's bakeries. Yet after what you told, I think that Lowe's buckets should also be fairly safe. I think non-food grade plastic/colors become problematic when food is heated in the containers (for instance, in a...

@ eleaserek: So you are also of German descent.--There are probably different recipes for German potato salad, depending on the part of Germany where one lives (or lived). The basic recipe I know (which was passed on from my grandmother, who was a chef) is as simple as can be: Boil whole...

@ Naliez: I don't know exactly when our girls started to lay because we were out of town for 3 1/2 weeks. When we returned, on September 13, we found one (pecked-at) egg, and from then on, found 1-3 eggs every day. We fired the no-good caretaker/housekeeper/pet-sitter upon our arrival, for...

@ oldhenlikesdogs: Thank you again. So that's what the pencil symbol is for. I had wondered.

@ oldhenlikesdogs: When I was a kid, my grandmother (who tended the chickens and the vegetable garden) would allow the chickens into the garden in early spring, when the garden was turned over with a shovel. (There were no tillers.) The chickens were thrilled to get to eat the earth worms that...

@ Bine: You are so right with everything you say. About predators: Many of our cats are highly interested in our chickens. And I occasionally let one I consider harmless accompany me into the chicken enclosure. There were no problems, except that when our cat Christmas felt crowded by 2...

@ Naliez: P.S. One-on-one at a time seems like a great idea. Should work.

@ Naliez: You are so right with "Be careful what you wish for, though ...". A few decades ago, a neighbor of ours had taught her cat to use the human toilet. I don't know how she did it, and I don't know whether or not the cat flushed. Anyway, it was great. No litter box to clean, and no...

@ oldhenlikesdogs: You see, I didn't exaggerate when I said that I am a computer-idiot.--Is there any way to make corrections when clicking something wrong on BYC? Posts also don't seem to have an edit-function. There is a preview-function, but sometimes, typos are only spotted later. (I have...

@ aart: Thanks for the correction. Our posts must have crossed. I just stumbled across the thumbs-up symbol myself.