I always wonder if the folks that think chickens are diseases and nasty have other pets? (I have all of them....)
Dogs can bring you infections from hookworms...just walking barefoot where they've pooped in the past few years.
Cats all carry the parasites that cause toxoplasmosis...it might...
Sadly this country is all fowled up...sorry couldn't resist!!
But really, 50 or 60 yrs ago it was common to have a few chickens, even if you lived in a town/city, now people are so separated from reality they think chickens are bad/dirty/evil! I've had more problems with domestic animals...
I had to call the codes enforcement office for my county...under an alias (of course!). If you live in a city or town ,imits you may want to check both the county and the city ordinances as they can differ greatly. (If I lived in the town limits chickens would be okie dokie, but outside in a...
HUGE sigh of relief!
I thought hubby and I were the only chickenals (chicken criminals)!
I don't even live in a city limits...if I did chickens would be legal...go figure.
Nice quiet girls is all I hope for and you're darned right they'll be lots quieter than the neighbors with barking...
I hate using any kind of pesticides and use lots of boric acid around my critters, including birds and cats, which are both really sensitve to the nasty stuff. It works by drying up the bugs insides and works on roaches, ants, spiders, basically any bug that runs through it and cleans itself...
Ideal will also sell chicks in small quantities and has lots to choose from, they require a $25 min order, but from what I've read on their site you could order a book to make up the difference in $$.
Also, check to see if your state has a farm bulletin, usually through the department of...
I have found a local man that has a flock of buff orpingtons and he is hatching chicks, but since I am in a suburban area I only want pullets. Since they obviously aren't going to step up and tell me what they are I'm needing advice on how to tell them apart, and since I can get them as soon as...
I am planing a small heay bodies flock of 5 to 6 hens. I was all set on having the nest boxes and the roosts starting at 24 in. off the coop floor that seems to be prevailingwsdom. Then I read in another post here that since they often jump off the nest/roost instead of using provided ramps it...