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We actually used to have chickens when I was a kid and they would go back to roost in the same place every night. And I assumed this was normal and my parents knew this, I mean, it was their chickens. But just the other day my dad came over and saw my chickens free ranging and asked 'How are you...

Our landlord is actually pretty layed back, but they keep getting animals and then not taking care of them, so they run loose all over the place and eventually just die. So I'm really glad he finally just told them no. I asked if I could build a small coop about 6 months ago, and now it's turned...

People really are strange. My neighbour, from whom I rescued my broody hen, had a lot of chickens, before they all got taken out by predators etc... She refused to eat the eggs though because the chickens drank the 'dirty' water from the pond so she was worried the eggs would make them sick. Now...

I had my parents over for dinner the other night and my chickens were free ranging outside. Dad: 'How are you going to get them back?' Me: 'They come back on their own at 6:30.' Dad: Looks at me like I have no idea what I'm talking about and walks off. Later that evening I find my mom...

A bird that lays eggs!? What is the world coming to! I sometimes wonder how these people survive as long as they do.

My husband is always wondering what's wrong with me too. But that picture is adorable!

Tell me about it. And all the people that come up to you when you have a baby, touch her all over her face, then say 'Sorry, I won't come any closer, I got really bad gastro at the moment'.

My mother-in-law is a complete hygiene freak, and my husband still hates to touch the chickens because 'birds carry diseases'. My toddler and I are in the coop at least a couple of hours every day and seem to have miraculously avoided these deadly diseases.

I got my chickens for eggs to try and reduce our food costs, but after reflecting on the way chickens are treated on meat farms and the fact that if you raise and slaughter them yourself you know they had a good life and died humanely, I've been thinking of keeping chickens for meat too. But my...

I'm going to have to admit I thought the same. Where I live even the store bought ones are brown so when I went to Europe for the first time and saw white eggs I also thought they must be bleached.

This might work, but often cats who enjoy hunting will hunt even more if they are well fed, because they don't have to eat their prey. My cat is very well fed, but she still hunts for fun. She just plays with whatever she catches till it dies and then goes and catches something else. They only...

He's a pitbull, he's not aggressive and he's actually amazingly gentle with children, but he is a very powerful dog and he's bored out of his mind. When you try to open the gate to get to him he rushes straight past you to the other neighbors hous and tries to get at their male labrador. We've...

Good idea, it can't hurt to ask.

I actually agree with you, that's exactly what I'm afraid of. The dog grew up with the chickens and has never killed any before, but he is locked in a small yard 7 days a week because his owners are never home, and he is not trained at all. It was just a matter of time before he snapped. We're...

The dog can't get out, but the chickens can get over the fence. And now that their dog has tasted chicken, they basically just invited my rooster over for a meal. I always keep my chickens locked up unless I'm outside with them. I'm home most of the time so they still get to range quite a bit.

Hope I'm not intruding on any coversation here. My neighbours had a rooster and hen that free range day and night and are basically wild because they don't take care of them at all. I rescued some of their chicks and one turned out to be a rooster. I couldn't let my rooster free range during the...